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Single Idea 5932

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good]

Full Idea

Four things seem to be intrinsically good - virtue, pleasure, the allocation of pleasure to the virtuous, and knowledge.

Gist of Idea

The four goods are: virtue, pleasure, just allocation of pleasure, and knowledge

Source

W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §V)

Book Reference

Ross,W.David: 'The Right and the Good' [OUP 1930], p.140


A Reaction

I greatly admire a philosopher who has the courage to assert such a thing, in the face of centuries of scepticism about anyone's ability to even get started in this area. We need the bold assertions first; we can work back to doubts later, if necessary.