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    Moral predicates embedded in propositional attitude reports like 'John believes that cruelty is bad' require truth-apt content that tracks what John believes, not the speaker's current pro-attitude.

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    Content (in philosophy of mind)(as used in the study of thoughts and beliefs)
    The actual meaning or subject matter of a thought—what the thought is about.
    Moral predicates(as used in ethics)
    Words or concepts we use to describe whether something is right, wrong, good, or bad (like 'wrongness' or 'rightness').
    Propositional attitude reports(as the main subject being analyzed)
    Sentences that describe what someone believes, desires, or thinks about something—like 'Alice believes that water is wet' or 'Bob wants to meet the mayor.'
    pro-attitude(Davidson's causal theory of action)
    A psychological state with conative nature (e.g., desire, intention) that plays a causal role in motivating action
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    (Used to characterize what moral sentences lack under emotivist theory, which denies that moral utterances express propositions.)
    Capable of being true or false; having a truth value.

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