Philosopher

The Right and the Good

Overview

The Right and the Good is a 1930 book by the Scottish philosopher William David Ross. In it, Ross develops a deontological pluralism based on prima facie duties. Ross defends a realist position about morality and an intuitionist position about moral knowledge. The Right and the Good has been praised as one of the most important works of ethical theory in the twentieth century.

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Philosophers who discussed The Right and the Good

• W. D. Ross

Ideas The Right and the Good discusses

• G. E. Moore
• Shelly Kagan
• Immanuel Kant
• W. D. Ross
• Monism
• Categorical imperative
• Prima facie
• Evolutionary ethics
• Deontology
• Utilitarianism
• Intrinsic value (ethics)
• Michael Huemer
• Robert Audi
• Ethical dilemma
• Kantian ethics
• C. D. Broad
• Ethical intuitionism
• Moral realism

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of ethics.

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