Moore's Ethics

A critical survey of the full range of G. E. Moore's ethical thought.

William H. Shaw (Author)

9781108706544, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 September 2020

75 pages
15 x 23 x 0.3 cm, 0.12 kg

This Element critically surveys the full range of G. E. Moore's ethical thought, including: (1) his rejection of naturalism in favor of the view that 'good' designates a simple, indefinable property, which cannot be identified with or reduced to any other property; (2) his understanding of intrinsic value, his doctrine of organic wholes, his repudiation of hedonism, and his substantive account of the most important goods and evils; and (3) his critique of egoism and subjectivism and his elaboration of a non-hedonistic variant of utilitarianism that, among other things, creatively blends aspects of act- and rule-oriented versions of that theory.

Introduction
1. The Meaning of 'Good'
2. Intrinsic Goodness
3. The Things That Are Good
4. Right and Wrong
5. Ethics in Practice
Conclusion
References.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], History of Western philosophy [HPC]