G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory: Resistance and ReconciliationCambridge University Press, 2001 M07 2 - 219 páginas This 2001 book is a comprehensive study of the ethics of G. E. Moore, the most important English-speaking ethicist of the twentieth century. Moore's ethical project, set out in his seminal text Principia Ethica, is to preserve common moral insight from scepticism and, in effect, persuade his readers to accept the objective character of goodness. Brian Hutchinson explores Moore's arguments in detail and in the process relates the ethical thought to Moore's anti-sceptical epistemology. Moore was, without perhaps fully realizing it, sceptical about the very enterprise of philosophy itself, and in this regard, as Brian Hutchinson reveals, was much closer in his thinking to Wittgenstein than has been previously realized. This book shows Moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged. |
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... kind of be- witchment that creates a deep and abiding sense of alienation . Like Wittgenstein , Moore suggests a program of therapy whose aim is to re- store to philosophers their sense of being at home in the world . But 15 Bertrand ...
... kind of be- witchment that creates a deep and abiding sense of alienation . Like Wittgenstein , Moore suggests a program of therapy whose aim is to re- store to philosophers their sense of being at home in the world . But 15 Bertrand ...
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... kind . Although there are times when he suffers from a somewhat prolix and gnarled style , in his hands it does not make the truth seem baffling or obscure . His style is rarely sug- gestive of one who must first convince himself before ...
... kind . Although there are times when he suffers from a somewhat prolix and gnarled style , in his hands it does not make the truth seem baffling or obscure . His style is rarely sug- gestive of one who must first convince himself before ...
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... kind of political-social conservatism. Their fear is that his metaphysics and epistemology lead him to radically underesti- mate the intrinsic worth of the fully “autonomous” moral agent. This in turn makes him far too acquiescent in ...
... kind of political-social conservatism. Their fear is that his metaphysics and epistemology lead him to radically underesti- mate the intrinsic worth of the fully “autonomous” moral agent. This in turn makes him far too acquiescent in ...
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... kind of fallacy . . . . The raison d'être of Ethics is to prove that there are some things - and these the most important things in human life - that no science can prove . 28 The first thing to say is that Moore would simply be ...
... kind of fallacy . . . . The raison d'être of Ethics is to prove that there are some things - and these the most important things in human life - that no science can prove . 28 The first thing to say is that Moore would simply be ...
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... kind of philosophy creates. This would suggest that Moore pursues philosophy not because he finds it to be intrinsically interesting, but because he rec- ognizes an obligation to help others dissolve the clots they suffer from. His long ...
... kind of philosophy creates. This would suggest that Moore pursues philosophy not because he finds it to be intrinsically interesting, but because he rec- ognizes an obligation to help others dissolve the clots they suffer from. His long ...
Contenido
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2 Goods Nonnaturalness | 39 |
3 The Paradox of Ethics and Its Resolution | 61 |
Dimming the Future and Brightening the Past | 78 |
5 The Origin of the Awareness of Good and the Theory of Common Sense | 93 |
6 Moores Argument Against Egoism | 112 |
7 The Diagnosis of Egoism and the Consequences of Its Rejection | 131 |
8 Moores Practical and Political Philosophy | 146 |
9 Moores Cosmic Conservatism | 172 |
10 Cosmic Conservatism II | 190 |
Bibliography | 211 |
Index | 215 |
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G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory: Resistance and Reconciliation Brian Hutchinson Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
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