The Right and the Good / Edition 2

by David Ross, Philip Stratton-Lake

Overview

The Right and the Good, a classic of twentieth-century philosophy by the eminent scholar Sir David Ross, is now presented in a new edition with a substantial introduction by Philip Stratton-Lake, a leading expert on Ross. Ross's book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Intuitionism is now enjoying a considerable revival, and Stratton-Lake provides the context for a proper understanding of Ross's great work today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199252657
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/30/2003
Series:	British Moral Philosophers
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.44(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Sir David Ross (1877-1971) was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, Honorary Fellow of Merton College, and Fellow of the British Academy. Philip Stratton-Lake is Lecturer in Philosophy at Reading University.

Table of Contents

Introduction and bibliography
1. The Meaning of 'Right'
2. What Makes Right Acts Right?
Appendix 1 Rights
Appendix 2 Punishment
3. The Meaning of 'Good'
4. The Nature of Goodness
5. What Things are Good?
6. Degrees of Goodness
7. Moral Goodness
Index