book "Moral Obligation"
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"Moral Obligation" is a seminal philosophical work by H. A. Prichard that argues for the irreducibility and self-evidence of moral duty within deontological ethics.
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| book "Moral Obligation" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
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H. A. Prichard’s collected philosophical papers
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Oxford intuitionist school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | H. A. Prichard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
Attempts to base obligation on the good are mistaken
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Knowledge of moral obligation is immediate and self-evident ⓘ Moral obligation is not analyzable in non-moral terms ⓘ Moral thinking involves direct recognition of what ought to be done ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
derivation of duty from desire for good
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hedonistic utilitarianism ⓘ ideal utilitarianism ⓘ teleological ethics ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic statement of deontological intuitionism
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seminal work in 20th-century moral philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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metaethics ⓘ normative ethics ⓘ |
| genre | moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalStance |
deontological non-consequentialism
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ethical intuitionism ⓘ moral realism ⓘ non-naturalist moral realism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century deontological ethics
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Oxford moral philosophy ⓘ contemporary intuitionist ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British intuitionism
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G. E. Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
deontological ethics
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moral duty ⓘ moral obligation ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
deontology
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intuitionism ⓘ |
| positionDefended |
anti-reductionism about moral concepts
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immediacy of moral apprehension ⓘ irreducibility of moral obligation ⓘ non-naturalness of moral obligation ⓘ priority of duty over value ⓘ rejection of consequentialist grounding of duty ⓘ rejection of deriving ‘ought’ from ‘good’ ⓘ self-evidence of moral duty ⓘ self-evident moral principles ⓘ |
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