Required Reading
G. E. Moore, "The Subject-Matter of Ethics" in Cahn and Haber, eds., 20th Century Ethical Theory, (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 12-32.
H. A. Prichard, "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?", in Cahn and Haber, eds., 20th Century Ethical Theory (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 37-47.
W. D. Ross, "What Makes Right Acts Right?" in Cahn and Haber, eds., 20th Century Ethical Theory(Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 87-105.
Suggested Reading:
C. D. Broad, Five Types of Ethical Theory (London, UK: Kegan Paul, 1930).
Stephen Darwall, "Moore to Stevenson," in Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy, ed. R. J. Cavalier (New York, NY: St. Martins Press, 1989).
William Frankena, "Naturalistic Fallacy," in 20th Century Ethical Theory, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Joram G. Haber (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 129-138.
Casimir Lewy, "G. E. Moore on the Naturalistic Fallacy," in 20th Century Ethical Theory, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Joram G. Haber (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 400-407.
David McNaughton, "Intuitionism," in The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, ed. H. LaFollette (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2000).
G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1903), especially ch. 1 and 2.
W. D. Ross, The Right and the Good (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1930), especially ch. 1 and 2.
P. F. Strawson, "Ethical Intuitionism," in 20th Century Ethical Theory, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Joram G. Haber (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 189-196.
Study Questions:
1. What is the naturalistic fallacy? How is the open question argument supposed to show that it is, indeed, a fallacy
2. What is the method of isolation? What is its purpose?
3. Explain the principle of organic unity, and give one example of your own which could plausibly be thought to illustrate the principle.
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