Principia Ethica by G E Moore
The long history of ethics has had as its driving force the goal of establishing basic principles to govern human behavior and against which our actions can be judged and determinations of responsibility made. But as the twentieth century began, Moore believed that it was time to get back to basics and to ask the relevant questions once again. What is good? How do we define it? What do we mean when we call something 'good'? He contends that much of what serves as the foundation for ethics is in jeopardy - i.e., open to the Naturalistic Fallacy - because the question of defining good is not fully addressed. Here one of the most penetrating minds of modern philosophy seeks to clarify the fundamental elements of ethical discourse.On November 4, 1873, at Upper Norwood, London, GEORGE EDWARD MOORE, prominent epistemologist, moral philosopher, and ordinary language philosopher, was born. He received his education at the University of Cambridge's Dulwich College, where he focused in classics until deciding to pursue philosophy. From 1911 to 1925, he lectured at Cambridge before being appointed professor and teaching there until his retirement in 1939. Moore was the editor of the globally acclaimed journal Mind from 1921 until 1947, in addition to producing Principia Ethica (1902). In 1951, he was granted the Order of Merit, England's highest honor. On October 24, 1958, he died in Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780879754983 |
| ISBN 10 | 0879754982 |
| Title | Principia Ethica |
| Author | G E Moore |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Year published | 1988-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 237 |
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