H. A. Prichard

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British philosopher moral philosopher person philosopher

H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British philosopher ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	20th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticized	consequentialism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
educatedAt	New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName	Prichard ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ meta-ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
fullName	H. A. Prichard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harold Arthur Prichard
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Arthur ⓘ Harold ⓘ
influenced	John Rawls ⓘ W. D. Ross ⓘ contemporary intuitionist ethicists ⓘ
influencedBy	G. E. Moore ⓘ Henry Sidgwick ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ
knownFor	book "Duty and Interest" ⓘ book "Moral Obligation" ⓘ essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" ⓘ essay "Duty and Interest" ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainInterest	critique of hedonism ⓘ justification of moral beliefs ⓘ nature of moral obligation ⓘ
movement	British intuitionism ⓘ ethical intuitionism ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	critique of consequentialism ⓘ defense of intuitionist ethics ⓘ influence on 20th-century moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	intuitionism ⓘ non-naturalist moral realism ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld	White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford ⓘ fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ⓘ
viewHeld	duty is not reducible to the promotion of good consequences ⓘ moral obligations are self-evident to rational intuition ⓘ moral philosophy cannot provide ultimate proofs of moral principles ⓘ moral thinking begins from particular duties rather than general principles ⓘ the concept of duty is irreducible ⓘ

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