Principia Ethica (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: G. E. Moore
- First Published: 1903
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Context
That G. E. Moore’s Principia Ethica has attained the status of a modern classic is amply attested by the number of references made to its central concepts and arguments. Moore’s central contention is that the adjective “good” refers to a simple, unique, and unanalyzable property. He claims that propositions containing value terms and ethical predicates are meaningful and can be found to be either true or false, even though the word “good” names an indefinable property knowable only by intuition or immediate insight. Moore also argues that the truth of...
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