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Principia Ethica

First published
1903
Pages
201

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  1. Preface

    9:47

  2. Chapter 1: The Subject Matter of Ethics, part 1

    29:12

  3. Chapter 1: The Subject Matter of Ethics, part 2

    29:05

  4. Chapter 1: The Subject Matter of Ethics, part 3

    34:33

  5. Chapter 2: Naturalistic Ethics, part 1

    29:26

  6. Chapter 2: Naturalistic Ethics, part 2

    27:34

  7. Chapter 3: Hedonism, part 1

    31:56

  8. Chapter 3: Hedonism, part 2

    36:22

  9. Chapter 3: Hedonism, part 3

    30:45

  10. Chapter 3: Hedonism, part 4

    34:10

  11. Chapter 4: Metaphysical Ethics, part 1

    28:19

  12. Chapter 4: Metaphysical Ethics, part 2

    29:06

  13. Chapter 4: Metaphysical Ethics, part 3

    27:19

  14. Chapter 5: Ethics in Relation to Conduct, part 1

    26:50

  15. Chapter 5: Ethics in Relation to Conduct, part 2

    27:57

  16. Chapter 5: Ethics in Relation to Conduct, part 3

    26:00

  17. Chapter 5: Ethics in Relation to Conduct, part 4

    29:20

  18. Chapter 6: The Ideal, part 1

    25:00

  19. Chapter 6: The Ideal, part 2

    27:38

  20. Chapter 6: The Ideal, part 3

    30:47

  21. Chapter 6: The Ideal, part 4

    31:06

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G. E. Moore reshaped modern moral philosophy with this 1903 study, which begins from a deceptively simple question: what do we mean when we call something good? Moore argues that goodness is a basic, indefinable quality, and that most earlier ethics went wrong by identifying it with something else, such as pleasure or what nature intends. He names this mistake the naturalistic fallacy and defends the point with his famous open-question argument. From there he asks which things are good in themselves, concluding that personal affection and the appreciation of beauty rank highest. The book helped launch analytic philosophy and left a deep mark on the Bloomsbury Group. This free PDF and EPUB edition presents Moore's argument in full.

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G. E. Moore

G. E. Moore (1873-1958) was a British philosopher who, with Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein, helped found the analytic tradition. A longtime Cambridge professor and editor of the journal Mind, he was known for his defense of common sense and his influence on the Bloomsbury Group.

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First published
1903
Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
201
Language
English
Genre
Ethics
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Fredrik Karlsson