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| Notable translator of Aristotle, critic of utilitarianism, popular in the 1930s |
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| Ross and the Fundamental Question of Ethics |
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| Fundamental Question: It is morally right for S to do A if and only if ____. What goes in the blank? Ross believes that there is no right way to fill in the blank. |
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1) Fidelity (promise-keeping and loyalty)
2) Reparation
3) Gratitude
4) Justice
5) Beneficence
6) Non-maleficence
7) Self-improvement |
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Intrinsic goods include knowledge, innocent pleasures, acts of virtue
Intrinsic evils include error, undeserved pain, acts of vice |
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| Includes fidelity, reparation, gratitude, and justice: rooted in past actions |
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| Includes beneficence, non-maleficence, and self-improvement: depends on our future consequences of our actions- will it make me morally better? |
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1) We have a direct insight into some moral ideas- through that, we know we have these duties
2) When our prima facie duties come into conflict, Ross thinks there is no overarching principle from which we can deduce what is our absolute duty- no general criterion of right action- there is no for sure moral rightness |
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| Intuitionism in Official Terms |
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- There is a prima facie duty for a person S to do an action A. There is a state of affairs p such that p requires S to do A.
- The prima facie duty for S to do A is defeated by q. There is a prima facie duty for S to do A and there is a state of affairs q such that p and q does not require S to do A.
- There is an absolute duty for S to do A. There is a prima facie duty for S to do A and there is no state of affairs q such that the prima facie duty for S to do A is defeated. |
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