G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory

G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0521037824
ISBN-13 : 9780521037822
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Synopsis G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory by : Brian Hutchinson

This is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of G. E. Moore, the most important English-speaking ethicist of the 20th century. Moore's ethical project, set out in his seminal text the Principia Ethica is to preserve common moral insight from skepticism and, in effect, persuade his readers to accept the objective character of goodness. Brian Hutchinson explores Moore's arguments in detail, showing Moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged.

G. E. Moore: Early Philosophical Writings

G. E. Moore: Early Philosophical Writings
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ISBN-10 : 1107559340
ISBN-13 : 9781107559349
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Synopsis G. E. Moore: Early Philosophical Writings by : Thomas Baldwin

G. E. Moore's fame as a philosopher rests on his ethics of love and beauty, which inspired Bloomsbury, and on his 'common sense' certainties which challenge abstract philosophical theory. Behind this lies his critical engagement with Kant's idealist philosophy, which is published here for the first time. These early writings, Moore's fellowship dissertations of 1897 and 1898, show how he initiated his influential break with idealism. In 1897 his main target was Kant's ethics, but by 1898 it was the whole Kantian project of transcendental philosophy that he rejected, and the theory which he developed to replace it gave rise to the new project of philosophy as logical analysis. This edition includes comments by Moore's examiners Henry Sidgwick, Edward Caird and Bernard Bosanquet, and in a substantial introduction the editors explore the crucial importance of the dissertations to the history of twentieth-century philosophical thought.

The Routledge Guidebook to Moore's Principia Ethica

The Routledge Guidebook to Moore's Principia Ethica
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Publisher : Routledge Guides to the Great Books
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 1138818488
ISBN-13 : 9781138818484
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Synopsis The Routledge Guidebook to Moore's Principia Ethica by : Susana Nuccetelli

G.E. Moore's Principia Ethica is a landmark publication in twentieth-century moral philosophy. Through focusing on the origin and evolution of his main doctrines, this guidebook makes it clear that Moore was an innovator whose provocative take on traditional philosophical problems ignited heated debates among philosophers. Principia Ethica is an important text for those attempting to understand and engage with some major philosophical debates in ethics today. The Routledge Guidebook to Moore's Principia Ethica provides a comprehensive introduction to this historic text, examining key Moorean themes including: ethical non-naturalism the naturalistic fallacy the Open Question Argument moral ontology and epistemology ideal utilitarianism vindictive punishment and organicity moral intuition for epistemic justification in ethics theory of value Ideal for anyone wanting to understand and gain perspective on Moore's seminal work, the book is essential reading for students of moral philosophy, metaethics, normative ethics, philosophical analysis, and related fields.

G. E. Moore's Intuitionism. a Highly Implausible Meta-Ethical Position

G. E. Moore's Intuitionism. a Highly Implausible Meta-Ethical Position
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Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : 3668447403
ISBN-13 : 9783668447400
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Synopsis G. E. Moore's Intuitionism. a Highly Implausible Meta-Ethical Position by : Mark Costello

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, grade: 71, Trinity College Dublin (The Department of Philosophy), course: TSM Philosophy, language: English, abstract: This paper will aim to outline G. E. Moore's defence in "Principia Ethica" of the view that goodness and consequently moral truth is indefinable. This paper will firstly outline a picture of the autonomous indefinable nature of goodness through Moore's open-question argument and naturalistic fallacy and will then proceed to critique this characterisation by highlighting the subsequent problematic consequences that accompany the proposed indefinability. The paper will then detail Moore's ensuing intuitive meta-ethical theory after which I will argue that the meta-ethical picture that Moore constructs is entirely implausible due to the proposed self-evident nature of moral truths and the vague faculty of intuition that it implies.

Ethics

Ethics
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9783368199814
ISBN-13 : 3368199811
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Synopsis Ethics by : G. E. Moore

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 052109822X
ISBN-13 : 9780521098229
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Synopsis Utilitarianism by : J. J. C. Smart

A serious and controversial work in which the authors contribute essays from opposite points of view on utilitarian assumptions, arguments and ideals.

Utopia

Utopia
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 105
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ISBN-10 : 9788027303588
ISBN-13 : 8027303583
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Synopsis Utopia by : Thomas More

Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

The Oxford Handbook of Assertion

The Oxford Handbook of Assertion
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 903
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ISBN-10 : 9780190675233
ISBN-13 : 0190675233
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Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Assertion by : Sanford C. Goldberg

Assertions belong to the family of speech acts that make claims regarding how things are. They include statements, avowals, reports, expressed judgments, and testimonies - acts which are relevant across a host of issues not only in philosophy of language and linguistics but also in subdisciplines such as epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and social and political philosophy. Over the past two decades, the amount of scholarship investigating the speech act of assertion has increased dramatically, and the scope of such research has also grown. The Oxford Handbook of Assertion explores various dimensions of the act of assertion: its nature; its place in a theory of speech acts, and in semantics and meta-semantics; its role in epistemology; and the various social, political, and ethical dimensions of the act. Essays from leading theorists situate assertion in relation to other types of speech acts, exploring the connection between assertions and other phenomena of interest not only to philosophers but also to linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, lawyers, computer scientists, and theorists from communication studies.

On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and Other Essays

On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and Other Essays
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 609
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ISBN-10 : 9780199670802
ISBN-13 : 0199670803
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Synopsis On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and Other Essays by : John Stuart Mill

Collects four of the philosopher's essays on issues central to liberal democratic regimes. --Publisher.

Some Main Problems of Philosophy

Some Main Problems of Philosophy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 395
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ISBN-10 : 9781317853169
ISBN-13 : 1317853164
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Synopsis Some Main Problems of Philosophy by : Moore, George Edward

First published in 2002. This title collates a number of the late G. E. Moore's lectures on philosophy with the inclusion of his audience's questions and his answers that would bookend each session. Moore manages to present central, limiting, typical problems discussed in the study of philosophy in such a way that the reader begins to feel them despite themselves. Moore's introduction to philosophical difficulties can help students and scholars alike to judge and understand the most modern attempts to resolve these problems.