Ethics: Utilitarianism, Free Will, and the Objectivity of Moral Judgements

by G.E. Moore

George Edward Moore OM, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873-1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy. His book "Ethics" is a worthy followup volume to "Principia Ethica." It takes up the issues of Utilitarianism, Free Will, and the objectivity of moral judgements.

136 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2010

About the author

George Edward "G. E." Moore OM, FBA was an English philosopher, one of the founders of the analytic tradition along with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege. With Russell, he led the turn away from idealism in British philosophy, and became well known for his advocacy of common sense concepts, his contributions to ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, and "his exceptional personality and moral character." He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, highly influential among (though not a member of) the Bloomsbury Group, and the editor of the influential journal Mind. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1918. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the intellectual secret society, from 1894, and the Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club.