On Principia Ethica
Abstract
In this article my purpose is to analyze some central aspects of Principia Ethica, a reference work in the field of analytical moral philosophy and a reference also of the general thought of its author.
The article pursues several objectives; first, to examine whether G.E. Moore is really part of the school called “Moral Intuitionism,” and with what scope; then to assess whether the proposal he offers constitutes something more than his famous criticisms of ethical naturalism (the well-known “naturalistic fallacy” and the notion of “the open question”).
I will then analyze Moore’s usual inclusion in the ranks of utilitarianism, his analytical contributions to the construction of the concept of the good, the strength, or weakness of the criticisms that his theory has received, dressed in intuitionistic clothing, and the final balance that his work leaves us for the determination of some intrinsic moral values.
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