Principia Ethica, by George Edward Moore—A Project Gutenberg eBook

INDEX.

Aesthetic
- enjoyments 189-202, 203
- judgment 215
- temperament 216
Aesthetics 200
Affection
- beauty of 204-5
- misdirected 195, 198
- reciprocal 198
- value of 188-9, 203-5
Altruism 96-7, 167
Analytic judgments 7, 29, 33-4, 35, 220-1
Appreciation 189-90, 200, 204-5, 221
Approval 131
Approve 60
Approbation 171
Appropriate, inappropriate 192, 199, 204-5, 209, 211, 220
- defined 190
Aristotle 4
- definition of virtue 171
- valuation of virtues 176-7
- valuation of knowledge 199
Art
- value of 188
- representative, value of 193, 195, 196, 200
Autonomy 127

Bad 5, 27, 28, 95, 140, 143, 157, 178, 181, 188, 209, 210, 213, 214, 216, 218
‘Based on’ 38, 49, 54, 114, 115, 118, 120, 122, 144
Beauty
- corporeal 203-4
- no criterion of 202
- definition of 201-2, 208
- mental 203-5
- ‘seeing’ of 190-1
- value of 28, 81-2, 83-5, 86, 94, 188-9, 201-2, 209, 211, 224
Being, dist. from existence 110-11
Belief, value of 193-200, 208, 210-11, 212, 219, 224-5
Benevolence, Sidgwick’s ‘principle of Rational’ 102-3
Bentham 145
- naturalistic fallacy 17-19
- quantity of pleasure 77-8
Bradley, F. H.
- pleasure and desire 70
- theory of judgment 125
Butler, Bishop 86, 206

Casuistry 4-5
Causal judgments
- relation to Ethics 21-7, 36, 146-8, 149, 180
Causal relations 31-3, 34-6
Chastity 158
Classical style 215-16
Christ
- on value of motives 178
- on love 179
Christian Ethics 178
- on ‘external’ rightness 177
- on ‘internal’ rightness 178-9
- on value of motives 177-9
- on value of virtue 174
Clifford, W. K. 40
Cognition
- of evil 217-19
- dist. from knowledge 194
- relation to will and feeling 129-30, 133, 135-6, 141
- value of 85, 189-92, 194, 199, 208, 212, 224, 225
Commands, confused with moral laws 128-9, 141
Common sense 224
- on value of pleasure 86, 91-2, 94-5
- on duties 156-9
Compassion 217, 219, 220, 225
Conduct, relation of to Ethics 2-3, 146, 180
Conscience
- defined 178
- not infallible 149, 180
Conscientiousness 218
- defined 179
- utility of 180
Contempt 211, 217
Corporeal beauty 203-4
Courage 217
Crimes 161
Criterion
- of beauty 202
- evolution as 46, 50, 55-6
- of goodness 137-8
- pleasure as 91-2, 94-5, 108
- of right and wrong 223
- will as 137-8
- of truth 133
Cruelty 209-11, 218

Darwin 47
Definition, nature of 6-9, 18-20
Desirable, meaning of 65-7, 73
Desire, cause and object of 68-70, 73-4
Duty
- = cause of or means to good 24-5, 105, 146-8, 167, 180, 223
- fuller definitions of 148, 161, 180-1, 222
- incapable of being known 149-50, 181
- mainly negative 218
- object of psychologicalintuition 148
- relations to expediency 167-70, 181
  - interest 170-1, 181
  - possibility 150-2
  - rightness 148
  - utility 146-7, 167-70
  - virtue 172
  - will 160, 161
- not self-evident 148, 181
- self-regarding 168

Egoistic Hedonism 18
Egoism, as doctrine of end 18, 96-105, 109
- contradiction of 99, 101-5, 109
- relation to Hedonism 97-8
- relation to Naturalistic Hedonism 104-5
- Sidgwick’s ‘Rational’ 98-9, 102-4
Egoism, as doctrine of means 96-7, 105, 167
Emotion
- aesthetic 190
- value of 189-92, 199, 203, 204-5, 208, 209, 211, 212, 217, 224, 225
Empirical 39, 111, 123
Empiricism 103, 124-5, 130
End = effect 32
End = good in itself 18, 24, 64-6, 72, 73, 79-81, 83, 85, 94-5, 184, 216
- dist. from ‘good as means’ 24, 72, 74, 79-81, 89, 90, 94-5, 106-7, 173-4, 178, 216, 223
- ‘ultimate’ 51, 83, 85, 96-7, 99-102, 183, 189
- ‘never justifies means’ 147, 163
End = object of desire 68, 70, 71, 72
Enjoyment 77, 96, 188, 208
- aesthetic 188-9, 203
- of evil and ugly 208-11, 218
- sexual 95
Envy 211
Epistemology 133, 140-1
Ethics
- Evolutionistic 46, 50, 54, 58
- Metaphysical 39, 58, 113-15
- Naturalistic 39-41, 58, 59
- Practical 115-18, 140, 146, 149, 151, 154, 180, 222
- province of 1-6, 21, 24, 26-7, 36, 37, 77, 115, 118, 142-6, 184, 222-4
Eudaemonist 175
Evil 153, 156, 158, 160, 186, 193, 205, 207-14, 224, 225
- mixed 208, 209, 211
- positive value of 216-22, 225
Evolution 46-8, 54-8
Evolutionistic 46, 50, 52, 54, 58
Existence
- dist. from being 110-12
- judgments about 123-5
- relation to value 115-18, 118-22, 125-6, 194, 196, 197-9, 206, 210, 216, 219, 220, 221, 225
Expediency 167-70, 181

Feeling
- supposed analogy to cognition 129-31, 141
- supposed bearing on Ethics 129-31, 141
Fiction 121-2
Freedom, value of 86, 186
Freedom (of Will) 127

God 82, 102-4
- love of 113, 194, 195-6, 200
Good
- indefinable 6-16, 41, 79, 110-11, 142-4
- = means to good 21, 24
- the Absolute 183, 184, 186
- the Human 183, 184, 186
- mixed and unmixed 208, 209, 214, 215, 217, 219-20, 224
- my own 97-9, 101, 170
- ‘private’ 99
- the 8-9, 18
- ‘Universal’ 99-102
- Will 174-5, 179 n. 2, 180
Green, T. H. 139
Guyau, M. 46

Habit 171, 175-6, 177
Hatred 211, 214
- of beautiful and good 211, 217, 225
- of evil and ugly 178, 217, 218, 220, 221, 225
Health 42-3, 65, 157, 167
Heaven 115, 174, 183, 185, 195
- upon Earth 186
Hedonism 39, 52, 59-63, 90-1, 96, 108-9, 174
- Egoistic 18
- Ethical 70, 144
- Intuitionistic 59, 74-6, 144
- Naturalistic 46, 50, 53, 54, 68, 104, 105
- Psychological 18, 68, 69, 70, 73
- Universalistic 103
Hegel 30, 34, 110
Heteronomous 127
Higher 48-9, 78
Hobbes 97
Honesty 175-6
Hypothetical laws 22, 155

Ideal
- three meanings of 183-4
- the 183, 185, 205-7, 220-1
Idealistic 130, 205
Imagination, value of 193, 194, 196, 197, 210, 219, 220, 221, 224
Imperative 128
Industry 157, 167
Intention 179 n. 1
Interest 102
- meaning of 97-8, 106, 170-1
- dist. from ‘duty’ 170-1, 181
Intrinsic
- evil 207, 213, 218, 224
- value 17, 21, 25-30, 36, 147, 173-7, 187, 189, 207, 214-16, 222-4
Intuition
- = proposition incapable of proof 59, 77, 108
- in psychological sense 75, 79, 85, 92, 108, 144, 148-9, 173
Intuitionism
- in Sidgwick’s sense 59, 76, 144
- in proper sense 106, 148

Judgment
- error of 192-3
- two types of ethical 21, 23-7, 115, 146, 148, 222, 224
Justice 178
Justify 97, 101, 147, 163

Kant 110, 129
- ‘Copernican revolution’ 133
- value of Good Will 174-5, 179 n. 2, 180
- value of Happiness 174-5
- theory of judgment 125
- ‘Kingdom of Ends’ 113
- ‘practical love’ 179
- connection of ‘goodness’ with ‘will’ 126-8
Knowledge
- involves truth of object 132, 134
- involves belief 194
- value of 82, 86, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 211, 221

Lasciviousness 209-10
Law
- ethical 155
- hypothetical 22, 155
- legal 126, 128
- moral 126-8, 146, 148, 160, 162, 165
- natural 26, 29, 57, 126, 183, 186
- scientific 22-3, 124, 155
Legal 126, 128
Leibniz 125
Life 15, 46, 50, 52, 156
Logical
- dependence 61, 110, 118, 122, 139, 143-4
- fallacy 140-1
Love
- Christ and Kant on 179
- of beautiful and good 177-9, 199, 204, 217, 224
- of evil and ugly 209, 210, 211, 217, 225
Lucian 45
Lust 209-10, 218
Lying 154

Mackenzie, Prof. J. S. 114, 120
Material qualities, value of 204, 205-7, 221, 225
Matter, value of 205-7
Meaning, ‘to have no’ 31, 34-5
Means = cause or necessary condition 18, 21-3, 89, 180
- dist. from ‘part of organic whole’ 27, 29-30, 32, 220
- goodness as, dist. from intrinsic value 21, 24, 26, 27, 37, 72, 74, 79-81, 89, 90, 94-5, 106-7, 115, 118, 173-4, 178, 187, 195-6, 197-8, 216, 223
- ‘not justified by end’ 147, 163
Mental
- beauty of 203-5, 225
- value of 205-7
Mercy 178
Metaphysical 39, 58, 110-15, 139-40
Method
- of discovering intrinsic value 20, 36, 59-60, 64, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 142-5, 173, 185-6, 187-8, 195, 197-8, 206-7, 209, 223
- of discovering value as means 22-3, 146, 148-54, 172-3
Mill, J. S. 145
- Hedonism 63-81, 108
- naturalistic fallacy 40, 66-7, 69, 72-3, 74, 104, 108
- Psychological Hedonism 68, 72, 73-4
- quality of pleasure 77-81, 108
- Utilitarianism 104-5
Moral
- approbation 171
- law 126-8, 146, 148, 160, 162, 165
- obligation 128
- sentiment 168, 178, 217-19
Motive 67, 70, 177, 178-80
Murder 148, 151, 154, 156-7, 178

Natural
- laws 26, 29, 57, 126, 183, 186
- objects and properties 13-14, 39-41, 58, 110-11
- selection 47
Natural = normal 42-4, 58
Natural = necessary 44-5, 58
Naturalism 20, 40, 58, 144
Naturalistic
- Ethics 39-41, 58, 59
- fallacy 10, 13-14, 18-20, 38-9, 48, 57, 58, 61, 64, 66-7, 69, 72-3, 74, 104, 108, 114, 118, 124, 125, 139, 173, 176, 201
- Hedonism 46, 50, 53, 54, 68, 104, 105
Nature 40-1, 110, 111, 112
Nature, life according to 41-2, 113
Nature, value of 188, 193, 195, 200, 206
Necessity
- analytic 22, 33-4, 35, 220, 221
- causal or natural 29, 31-2, 34, 186, 187
New Testament 177, 178, 179

Object
- of cognition 141, 191, 192, 193, 211
- of desire 68-70
- natural 13-14, 39-41, 58, 110-11
Objective 82, 201
Obligation
- moral 103, 128, 147
Obligatory 25, 148, 170
Organic relation, unity, whole
- common usage 30-6
- my own usage 27-31, 32-3, 36, 93, 96, 149, 184, 187, 189, 190, 202, 206, 208, 212, 215, 220, 223
Ought
- to aim at 24-6, 100
- to do 26, 105, 115, 116, 117, 127, 128, 140, 146, 148, 173, 180, 223
- to be or exist 17, 115, 118, 127, 128, 148, 173, 180, 223

Pain 64, 65, 210, 212-4, 217, 222-3, 225
Particular 3-4
Perception 111, 112, 134, 136
Pessimism 51, 53, 156
Plato
- on Egoism 98
- on goods 178
- on Hedonism 88
- on value of Knowledge 199
- on universal truths 111
Pleasure 12-13, 16
- consciousness of 87-91, 109, 212
- as criterion 91-2, 108
- and desire 68-71, 73-4
- and ‘pleasures’ 79
- ‘quality of’ 77-81
- value of 39, 46, 50-4, 59-66, 71-2, 74-5, 79-81, 83, 85-96, 144, 146, 171, 173, 174, 188, 205, 212-14, 222-3
Pity 217, 221
Positive science 39
Possible action 150-1
Practical 216, 221
- Ethics 115-18, 140, 146, 149, 151, 154, 180, 222
- Philosophy 2
Practice 2, 20
Praise 171
Preference 77-9, 131
Promises 157
Property, respect of 157
Propositions, types of 123-6
Prove 11, 65, 66, 74, 75-7, 99, 112, 137, 141, 143, 145, 169, 181
Prudence 168
- ‘Maxim of’ 102-4
Psychological 11, 130, 140, 148
- Hedonism 18, 68, 69, 70, 73
Punishment 164
- retributive or vindictive 214, 215, 216, 221

Reason 143-4
Representative art 193
Reward 174
Right 18, 24-5, 105, 146, 180, 216, 218, 223
- dist. from ‘duty’ 148
- relation to expediency 167
- externally 176-7
- internally 179 n. 1
Romantic style 215-16
Rousseau 42

Sanctions 159, 164
Secondary qualities 206
Self-evidence 143, 144, 148, 181
Self-realisation 113, 114, 120, 188
Self-sacrifice 170
Sensation 134
Sensationalist 130
Sidgwick, Henry 145
- value of beauty 81-4, 85-7
- on Bentham 17-19
- rationality of Egoism 99-103
- ‘good’ unanalysable 17
- Hedonism 59, 63, 64, 81-7, 91-6, 108-9
- ‘method’ of Intuitionism 59, 92-4
- value of knowledge 82, 86
- neglects principle of organic wholes 93
- pleasure as criterion 91-2, 94-5
- quality of pleasure 77, 81
- value of unconscious 81-4
Sins 161
Spencer, Herbert 46, 48-58
Spinoza 110, 113
Spiritual, value of 205-6
Summum Bonum 183, 205
Stoics 41, 110
Synthetic 7, 58, 143

Taste, error of 192-3, 211
Taylor, A. E. 60
Temperance 157, 168
Theodicies 220
Tragedy 219, 221
Truth
- relation to existence 111, 124-5
  - cognition 130, 132-4, 136, 141, 196
  - knowledge 134, 194
- types of 111-12, 124-5
- value of 85-6, 193-200, 208, 210, 211, 212
Tyndall 40

Ugly 208, 209-11, 214, 216-19, 221
Ultimate end 51, 83, 85, 96-7, 99-102, 183, 189
Unity 222
- organic, see ‘Organic’
Universal
- Good 99-102
- truths 21-3, 27, 57, 111, 126, 154-5, 181
Universalistic Hedonism 103
Useful 106, 146, 167
Utilitarianism 63, 96, 99, 104-7, 109
Utopias 183, 186

Value
- intrinsic 17, 21, 25-30, 36, 147, 173-7, 187, 189, 207, 214-16, 222-4
- as means 21, 174, 195-6
- negative 215, 216
Vice 171, 209, 211
Virtue
- definition of 171-3, 181, 223
- three kinds of 175
- mixed 221
- relation to ‘duty’ 172
- value of 83, 85, 86, 87, 173-80, 181-2, 217-19, 221-2
Volition
- supposed coordination with cognition 129-30, 133, 135-6, 141
- supposed bearing on Ethics 130, 136, 141

Whole
- good as a 208, 214-16, 219, 221
- good on the 214-16, 219, 220, 221
- organic, see ‘Organic’
Wickedness 220
Will
- as criterion of value 137-8
- relation to duty 160, 161, 180
- the Good 174-5, 179 n. 2, 180
- supposed analogy to cognition 129-30, 135-6
- supposed bearing on Ethics 126-7, 128-31, 135-9, 141
Wrong 180, 218, 223