Principia Ethica
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Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Principia Ethica canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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ethics book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
evolutionary ethics as a justification of moral value
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hedonism as a complete account of value ⓘ |
| author |
G. E. Moore
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G. E. Moore ⓘ
surface form:
George Edward Moore
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chapter 1: The Subject-Matter of Ethics
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Chapter 2: Naturalistic Ethics ⓘ Chapter 3: Hedonism ⓘ Chapter 4: The Ideal ⓘ Chapter 5: Ethics in Relation to Conduct ⓘ Chapter 6: The Ideal as Intrinsically Good ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalStance |
intuitionism about intrinsic value
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moral realism ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
canonical text in meta-ethics
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helped launch analytic ethics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century moral philosophy
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C. D. Broad ⓘ H. A. Prichard ⓘ W. D. Ross ⓘ analytic ethics ⓘ non-naturalist moral realism ⓘ Bloomsbury Group ⓘ
surface form:
the Bloomsbury Group
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| introducesConcept |
naturalistic fallacy
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open question argument ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | BJ1012 .M8 1903 ⓘ |
| mainThesis |
ethical properties are not reducible to natural properties
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good is a simple, non-natural property ⓘ the naturalistic fallacy invalidly identifies good with any natural property ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethical non-naturalism
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goodness ⓘ meta-ethics ⓘ open question argument ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| positionOnEthicalNaturalism | rejects ethical naturalism ⓘ |
| positionOnGood |
treats good as a non-natural property
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treats good as indefinable ⓘ |
| positionOnMoralJudgments | supports cognitivism about moral judgments ⓘ |
| proposes | method of isolation for determining intrinsic value ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Principia Mathematica ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Latin for Principles of Ethics ⓘ |
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