Right and the Good

Name: Right and the Good
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ISBN: 9780199252657

ISBN-10: 0199252653

ISBN-13: 9780199252657

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: David Ross, Philip Stratton-Lake

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The Right and the Good, a classic of twentieth-century philosophy by the great scholar Sir David Ross, is now presented in a new edition. Ross's book, originally published in 1930, is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The central concern of the book is with rightness and goodness, and their relation. Ross argues against notable rival ethical theories. The right act, he held, cannot be derived from the moral value of the motive from which it is done. Furthermore, rightness is not wholly determined by the value of the consequences of one's action, whether this value is some…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

David Ross is the author of "A Little History of Scotland" and "A Little History of England".



the Right And The Good


W. D. Ross: the Right and the Good


Preface


Introduction


Bibliography



the Meaning of 'Right'



What Makes Right Acts Right?



I



the Meaning of 'Good'



the Nature of Goodness



What Things Are Good?



Degrees of Goodness



Moral Goodness


Index