Principia Ethica

A revised edition of Principia Ethica, with a previously unpublished preface and other papers.

G. E. Moore (Author), Thomas Baldwin (Edited by)

9780521448482, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 November 1993

352 pages
21.7 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.44 kg

Principia Ethica is recognised as the definitive starting point for twentieth-century ethical theory. Its influence was first largely confined to the Bloomsbury Group - Maynard Keynes wrote that it was 'better than Plato' - who took it up for its celebration of the values of art and love; but later it achieved the widespread recognition it still retains as a classic text of analytic ethical theory. It is particularly renowned for Moore's argument that previous ethical theories have been guilty of a fallacy - the 'naturalistic fallacy'. Principia Ethica is reprinted here with the previously unpublished Preface Moore wrote for a planned, but never completed, second edition. Though unfinished, it sets out clearly Moore's second thoughts about his own work. The volume also includes two important pieces from his later ethical writings, 'Free will' and 'The conception of intrinsic value', and a new introduction by Thomas Baldwin.

Editor's introduction
Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
Principia Ethica
Index to first edition
The conception of intrinsic value
Free will
Appendix: Principia Ethica and The Elements of Ethics.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF]