The Varieties of Goodness

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The Varieties of Goodness is a philosophical work by G. H. von Wright that analyzes different kinds of value and the concept of goodness in ethics.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
academicDiscipline philosophy
aim to analyze different kinds of value
to clarify the concept of goodness in ethics
associatedWith University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
author G. H. von Wright NERFINISHED
Georg Henrik von Wright NERFINISHED
circulation used in academic courses on ethics
contribution clarification of the concept of value in ethics
distinction between different evaluative uses of "good"
systematic typology of kinds of goodness
fieldOfWork analytic philosophy
genre ethical theory
philosophy
hasAuthorNationality Finnish
hasPart analysis of different senses of "good"
classification of kinds of goodness
discussion of value pluralism
influencedBy G. E. Moore NERFINISHED
logical analysis
language English
mainSubject ethics
moral philosophy
value theory
method conceptual analysis
linguistic analysis of evaluative terms
notableFor detailed analysis of the concept of goodness
influence on later value theory
philosophicalDiscipline axiology
metaethics
philosophicalPerspective non-naturalist value theory
philosophicalTradition analytic ethics
reception considered an important contribution to 20th-century ethics
relatedWork G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica NERFINISHED
Norm and Action NERFINISHED
topic aesthetic value
goodness
instrumental value
intrinsic value
moral value
normativity
prudential value
rightness and goodness distinction
value

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