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This is a comprehensive study of the ethics of G. E. Moore, the most important English-speaking ethicist of the twentieth century. Moore's ethical project, set out in his seminal text Principia Ethica, is to preserve common moral insight from scepticism and, in effect, persuade his readers to accept the objective character of goodness. Brian Hutchinson explores Moore's arguments in detail and in the process relates the ethical thought to Moore's anti-sceptical epistemology. Moore was, without perhaps fully realizing it, sceptical about the very enterprise of philosophy itself, and in this regard, as Brian Hutchinson reveals, was much closer in his thinking to Wittgenstein than has been previously realized. This book shows Moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged.
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This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing)(228 pages) a comprehensive study of the ethics of g. e. moore. this is a comprehensive study of the ethics of g. e. moore, the most important english-speaking ethicist of the twentieth century. brian hutchinson explores moore's arguments in detail, showing moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged. this is a comprehensive study of the ethics of g. e. moore, the most important english-speaking ethicist of the twentieth century. brian hutchinson explores moore's arguments in detail, showing moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged. this is a comprehensive study of the ethics of g. e. moore, the most important english-speaking ethicist of the twentieth century. moore's ethical project, set out in his seminal text principia ethica, is to preserve common moral insight from scepticism and, in effect, persuade his readers to accept the objective character of goodness. brian hutchinson explores moore's arguments in detail and in the process relates the ethical thought to moore's anti-sceptical epistemology. moore was, without perhaps fully realizing it, sceptical about the very enterprise of philosophy itself, and in this regard, as brian hutchinson reveals, was much closer in his thinking to wittgenstein than has been previously realized. this book shows moore's ethical work to be much richer and more sophisticated than his critics have acknowledged. introduction: irony, naïveté and moore, 1. simplicity, indefinability, non-naturalness, 2. good's non-naturalness, 3. the paradox of ethics and its resolution, 4. the status of ethics: dimming the future and brightening the past, 5. the origin of the awareness of good and the theory of common sense, 6. moore's argument against egoism, 7. the diagnosis of egoism and the consequences of its rejection, 8. moore's practical and political philosophy, 9. moore's cosmic conservatism, 10. cosmic conservatism ii, bibliography, index. hutchinson writes with grace and flair. his judgments of moore are pe*n*e*t*rating and thoughtful, neither adulatory nor inimical. the book is an important contribution to the current literature in ethics. it would be an excellent companion for readers of moore. one hopes that the publisher plans a paperbound edition. international studies in philosophy this book is one of the best on the history of ethics--and arguably, on ethical theory more generally--to appear in many years. readers should consider whether either of these two statements is even an understatement. review of metaphysics (Paperback) 
This is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of G. E. Moore, the most important English-speaking ethicist of the 20th century. Moore's ethical project, set out in his seminal text the Principia Ethica is to preserve common moral insight from s... 