The definition of good /
First published in Great Britain in 1948, this book examines the definition of goodness as being distinct from the question of What things are good? Although less immediately and obviously practical, Dr. Ewing argues that the former question is more fundamental since it raises the issue of whether e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2012
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| Series: | Routledge revivals.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | First published in Great Britain in 1948, this book examines the definition of goodness as being distinct from the question of What things are good? Although less immediately and obviously practical, Dr. Ewing argues that the former question is more fundamental since it raises the issue of whether ethics is explicable wholly in terms of something else, for example, human psychology. Ewing states in his preface that the definition of goodness needs to be confirmed before one decides on the place value is to occupy in our conception of reality or on the ultimate characteristics which. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136208317 1136208313 9780203094624 020309462X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed March 22, 2013). |
