Sir David Ross (1877-1971) was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, Honorary Fellow of Merton College, and Fellow
of the British Academy.
Stratton-Lake, Philip (Ed.) : Reading University
Philip Stratton-Lake is Lecturer in Philosophy at Reading University.
Summary
The Right and the Good, a classic of twentieth-century philosophy by the eminent scholar Sir David Ross, is
now presented in a new edition with a substantial introduction by Philip Stratton-Lake, a leading expert on Ross.
Ross's book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy
for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Intuitionism is now enjoying a considerable revival, and
Stratton-Lake provides the context for a proper understanding of Ross's great work today.
Table of Contents
Introduction and bibliography
1. The Meaning of 'Right'
2. What Makes Right Acts Right?
Appendix 1 Rights
Appendix 2 Punishment
3. The Meaning of 'Good'
4. The Nature of Goodness
5. What Things are Good?
6. Degrees of Goodness
7. Moral Goodness
Index
