Work
Principia Ethica
Overview
Principia Ethica is a book written in 1903 by British philosopher G. E. Moore. Moore questions a fundamental pillar of ethics, specifically what the definition of "good" is. He concludes that "good" is indefinable because any attempts to do so commit the naturalistic fallacy. Principia Ethica was influential, with Moore's arguments being considered ground-breaking advances in the field of moral philosophy.
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Philosophers who discussed Principia Ethica
Related ideas
- G. E. Moore
- John Rawls
- Harvard University Press
- Hedonism
- Retributive justice
- Clive Bell
- Aesthetics
- Naturalistic fallacy
- A Theory of Justice
- Emotivism
- Gianni Vattimo
- Vintage Books
- Utopia
- Utilitarianism
- Virginia Woolf
- Intrinsic value (ethics)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- John Maynard Keynes
- Mind (journal)
- Bloomsbury Group
- Oxford University Press
- Nicolai Hartmann
- Cambridge University Press
- Max Scheler
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.