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.