Journal article
The methods of ethics
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The paper begins with an account of the intellectual background to Henry Sidgwick's writing of his Methods of Ethics and an analysis of what Sidgwick meant by a 'method'. His broad distinction between three main ethical theories - egoism, consequentialism, and deontology - is elucidated and accepted. Sidgwick's different forms of intuitionism are explained, as are his criteria for testing the 'certainty' of a potentially self-evident belief. Section 3 discusses dogmatic intuitionism (common-s...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Firenze University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Phenomenology and Mind Journal website
- Volume:
- 15
- Pages:
- 48-58
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-10-19
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2239-4028
- ISSN:
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2280-7853
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pubs:996782
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uuid:08c56747-5cce-412b-982b-620fdf3882b0
- Local pid:
- pubs:996782
- Source identifiers:
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996782
- Deposit date:
- 2019-10-26
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- Copyright holder:
- Crisp, R
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2018. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY- 4.0)
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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