Principia Ethica · Chapter
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This chapter provides references and citations for the arguments and sources discussed in the main text, including works by Brentano, Sidgwick, Guyau, Spencer, Taylor, Mackenzie, and Kant, among others.
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This chapter provides references and citations for the arguments and sources discussed in the main text, including works by Brentano, Sidgwick, Guyau, Spencer, Taylor, Mackenzie, and Kant, among others.
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- Franz Brentano
Referenced for his work 'The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong' and Moore's review of it.
- Henry Sidgwick
Referenced for 'Methods of Ethics' passages.
- Jean-Marie Guyau
Referenced for 'Esquisse d’une Morale sans Obligation ni Sanction'.
- Herbert Spencer
Referenced for 'Data of Ethics'.
- Immanuel Kant
Referenced in the context of his argument against Heteronomy.
- T. H. Green
Referenced for 'Prolegomena to Ethics'.
Key passages
“The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong . By Franz Brentano. English Translation by Cecil Hague. Constable, 1902.—I have written a review of this book, which will, I hope, appear in the International Journal of Ethics for October, 1903.”
Moore references Brentano's book and notes his own forthcoming review of it.
Moore indicates his engagement with Brentano's ethical work.
“Kant, so far as I know, never expressly states this view, but it is implied e.g. in his argument against Heteronomy.”
Moore suggests that Kant's position on a certain ethical point is implicit rather than explicit.
Moore interprets Kant's ethical theory.
