This is the first full-scale analytical and critical monograph on the
moral philosophy of W. D. Ross. It shows why Ross is admired as a
major figure in ethics. He provided one of the most distinctive and
powerful theories in the field, and Robert Audi sets out and explains
Ross’s comprehensive ethics, including his theory of obligation—of
duty and the right—and his theory of value, of the good and the bad.
Ross is conceptually sophisticated, rich in ideas, and historically
informed. He reflects the best in Aristotle’s ethics and is an
astute critic of Kant, Mill, Moore, and others. Audi clarifies
Ross’s substantive moral views, from their metaphysical grounds to
their practical applications, and explains how Ross illuminates much
in contemporary ethics, theoretical and applied—intuition,
reflective equilibrium, defeasibility, and many distinctions: between
grounds and constitution, basic and consequential obligations,
commensurability and combinability, moral stringency and moral
predominance, enumerative and intuitive induction, rightness and
creditworthiness, and many others. The Intuitionist Ethics of W. D.
Ross presents Ross as demonstrating the powers of intuition in moral
practice, portraying the diversity of standards for determining duty,
and preserving the plurality of values in moral reflection. He is a
judicious exemplar of full-scale ethical intuitionism, as both a
method of moral thinking and a major option in doing and teaching
ethics.
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Obligation, Intrinsic Value, and Moral Judgment
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ISBN
9781040685488
Publisert
2025
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1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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