Rossian ethics : W.D. Ross and contemporary moral theory /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY, Unired States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 connected aims. The first is to interpret and evaluate Ross's moral theory. The second is to articulate a distinctive view intermediate between consequentialism and absolutist deontology, which Phillips calls ""classical deontology."" |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190602192 0190602198 9780190602208 0190602201 0190054654 9780190054656 |