Project Gutenberg 2016-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 1251 Moore, G. E. (George Edward) 1873 1958 Moore, George Edward Principia Ethica Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Ethica Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Ramon Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Principia Ethica" by G. E. Moore is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the foundational questions of ethics, particularly focusing on the nature of good and the principles of ethical reasoning. It seeks to clarify essential ethical concepts and questions, distinguishing between what ought to exist for its own sake and what actions ought to be performed. At the start of "Principia Ethica," Moore establishes the premise that ethical confusion often arises from a lack of clarity about the questions being posed, arguing for the necessity of understanding what is meant by 'good' before attempting to define it. He distinguishes between two primary kinds of questions in ethics: those related to the intrinsic goodness of things and those concerning the rightness of actions. Moore contends that ethical propositions regarding what exists for its own sake are indefinable and presents the so-called 'naturalistic fallacy,' which critiques the conflation of moral terms with natural properties. He emphasizes the importance of this distinction as a foundation for serious ethical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Ethics BJ Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 738706 2025-07-21T09:48:30.771453 text/html 687912 2024-10-23T01:20:10 text/html 305506 2025-07-21T09:48:39.957416 application/epub+zip 302786 2025-07-21T09:48:32.643446 application/epub+zip 299471 2025-07-21T09:48:31.617413 application/epub+zip 502085 2025-07-21T09:48:45.265888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439769 2025-07-21T09:48:39.107403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436257 2022-09-24T09:10:48.641858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611024 2025-07-21T09:48:29.510484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 591176 2024-10-23T01:20:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16288 2025-07-21T09:48:45.407881 application/rdf+xml 14292 2025-07-21T09:48:31.763443 image/jpeg 2782 2025-07-21T09:48:31.691441 image/jpeg 272521 2025-07-21T09:48:30.823463 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia