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Full Idea
Any act may be correctly described in an indefinite, and in principle infinite, number of ways.
Gist of Idea
An act may be described in innumerable ways
Source
W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §II)
Book Ref
Ross,W.David: 'The Right and the Good' [OUP 1930], p.42
A Reaction
This problem is right at the heart of Kant's theory - that of how precisely to state the 'maxim' which is going to be universalised. We could, of course, tell Ross to use his intuitions to decide which of the maxims is the best description.