Single Idea 21740

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory]

Full Idea

I hardly think myself that ethics ought to be included in the domain of philosophy.

Gist of Idea

I doubt whether ethics is part of philosophy

Source

Bertrand Russell (An Outline of Philosophy [1927], Ch.22)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'An Outline of Philosophy' [Routledge 1979], p.180


A Reaction

He declines to give his reasons. The implication of the chapter is that ethics is essentially a social and political matter, so that individual ethical guidelines are unimportant. Maybe the woolliness of ethics was also an impediment.