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Elements Of Ethics
Regan, Tom; Moore, George Edward
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Description for Elements Of Ethics
Paperback. Asks the question what is good? This book contains discussions that range from Christian ethics and the possibility of free will. Num Pages: 248 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
George Edward Moore is among this century's most influential philosophers. Perhaps best known for his \u0022defense of common sense,\u0022 he also made important contributions to metaphysics and theory of knowledge. But it is in ethics, and especially owing to the positions he develops in his Principia Ethica, first published in 1903, that his ideas have had their most enduring influence. A forerunner to this famous work, The Elements of Ethics is a series of ten unpublished lectures that were presented by Moore, then in his mid-twenties. The Elements shows that Principia Ethica did not spring fully-formed from Moore's pen ... Read more
George Edward Moore is among this century's most influential philosophers. Perhaps best known for his \u0022defense of common sense,\u0022 he also made important contributions to metaphysics and theory of knowledge. But it is in ethics, and especially owing to the positions he develops in his Principia Ethica, first published in 1903, that his ideas have had their most enduring influence. A forerunner to this famous work, The Elements of Ethics is a series of ten unpublished lectures that were presented by Moore, then in his mid-twenties. The Elements shows that Principia Ethica did not spring fully-formed from Moore's pen ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592131945
SKU
V9781592131945
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About Regan, Tom; Moore, George Edward
Tom Regan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. Among his many books are Bloomsbury's Prophet: G. E. Moore and the Development of His Moral Philosophy (Temple) and, most recently, The Animal Rights Debate (with Carl Cohen).
Reviews for Elements Of Ethics
"An important publication for philosophers specializing in twentieth-century philosophy or moral philosophy."-Library Journal "Scholars of Moore's philosophy will be grateful to Tom Regan for producing this volume."-Ethics "...indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand Moore's personal and philosophical developments. Regan enables us to see Moore working his way through positions we did not know he had considered so carefully, and ... Read more