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Rossian ethics : W.D. Ross and contemporary moral theory /

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W.D. Ross (1877-1971) was the most important opponent of utilitarianism and consequentialism in British moral philosophy between 1861 and 1939. In Rossian Ethics, David Phillips offers the first monograph devoted exclusively to Ross's seminal contribution to moral philosophy. The book has two c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, David (David K.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Ross, W. D. > (William David), > 1877-1971.
Table of Contents:
  • What are Prima Facie duties?
  • What Prima Facie duties are there? Rross, agent-relativity, and the rejection of consequentialism
  • What things are good?
  • The metaethical and epistemological framework.