The right and the good / W.D. Ross ; edited by Philip Stratton-Lake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, W. D. (William David), 1877-1971, author.

Contributor:

Stratton-Lake, Philip, editor.

Series:

British moral philosophers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil.

Right and wrong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lviii, 183 pages)

Edition:

[New ed.].

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002.

Summary:

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 with a substantial introduction by Philip Stratton-Lake, a leading expert on Ross. Ross's book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Intuitionism is now enjoying a considerable revival, and Stratton-Lakeprovides the context for a proper understanding of Ross's great work today.

Contents:

1. THE MEANING OF 'RIGHT'

II. WHAT MAKES RIGHT ACTS RIGHT?

APPENDIX I. RIGHTS

APPENDIX II. PUNISHMENT

III. THE MEANING OF 'GOOD'

IV. THE NATURE OF GOODNESS

V. WHAT THINGS ARE GOOD?

VI. DEGREES OF GOODNESS

VII. MORAL GOODNESS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-159833-X

9786611930547

1-281-93054-7

0-19-153096-4

OCLC:

63294406