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Principia Ethica

by G. E. Moore (1873–1958)

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Ray Strachey, born Rachel Pearsall Conn Costelloe (4 June 1887 London – 16 July 1940) · Public domain

8 chapters, about 63,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. PREFACE. 1,400 words
  2. THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF ETHICS. 9,100 words
  3. NATURALISTIC ETHICS. 6,100 words
  4. HEDONISM. 1,800 words
  5. [11] 481 C-487 B. 12,200 words
  6. METAPHYSICAL ETHICS. 9,000 words
  7. ETHICS IN RELATION TO CONDUCT. 11,100 words
  8. THE IDEAL. 12,000 words

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