A Modern Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Originally published in 1958, this book shows how a systematic consideration of what exactly may be meant by calling anything 'good', inevitably leads on to the more general and fundamental problem of the relations between value-judgments and statements of fact.

'This book gives the reader a good idea both of the content and of the language and manner of ethical discussions in the university world.' *Philosophical Studies

• Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. On Problems of Definition 3. On Statements, Synthetic and Analytic 4. Whether Value Judgments are Statements and Whether Values are Properties 5. The Meaning of 'Good' 6. The Meaning of 'True' 7. 'Can I Be Sincerely Mistaken About What Is Right?' 8. ' Ought' and 'Is' (i) A Matter of Logic? 9. ' Ought' and 'Is' (ii) 'A Recognisable Distinction' 10. 'Liking' and 'Approval' 11. The Meaning of 'Moral', of 'Value Judgment' and of 'Neutral Statement' 12. Reasons, Causes and Free Will 13. Retrospect