William David Ross - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBAug 12, 2010 · One way, suggested by Ross, is to think of a prima facie duty as constituting a tendency to be morally right or wrong (RG 28; FE 86). An act promoting general good has, for example, a tendency to be morally right and to contribute to determining our actual obligation (Hurka 2014, 72).
W.D. Ross and Prima Facie Duties: A ... - Philosophy Institute
WEBW.D. Ross, a notable philosopher, introduced a concept in ethics that grapples with these day-to-day moral dilemmas. His theory of prima facie duties provides a nuanced approach to ethical decision-making that allows for the complexities of real-world situations.
The Ethical Theory of W.D. Ross | Psychology Today Canada
WEBSep 16, 2022 · The ethical theory of W.D. Ross speaks to several moral obligations and reflects common-sense moral commitments. Ross devised seven categories of what he called prima facie duties, with a...
The Right and the Good - Wikipedia
WEBThe Right and the Good. The Right and the Good is a 1930 book by the Scottish philosopher David Ross. In it, Ross develops a deontological pluralism based on prima facie duties. Ross defends a realist position about morality …
W. D. Ross - Wikipedia
WEBIn The Right and the Good, Ross lists seven prima facie duties, without claiming his list to be all-inclusive: fidelity; reparation; gratitude; justice; beneficence; non-maleficence; and self-improvement. In any given situation, any number of …
Ross, William David | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBIn both The Right and the Good and in Foundations of Ethics, Ross offers his theory of prima facie duties as a major and in his view much-needed corrective to Kantian ethics and to the ideal utilitarianism of G.E. Moore. Ross’s critique of Kantian ethics, in essence a rejection of Kant’s monism and absolutism, has been dealt with above (see ...
WEBPrima Facie Duties Ross, The Right and the Good, pp. 19-20: “I suggest ‘prima facie duty’ or ‘conditional duty’ as a brief way of referring to the characteristic (quite distinct from that of being a duty proper) which an act has, in virtue of being of a certain kind (e.g. the keeping of a promise), of being an act which
What Are Prima Facie Duties? | Rossian Ethics: W.D. Ross and ...
WEBJul 18, 2019 · Suppose the Rossian theory also includes just two relevant principles of prima facie duty: the principle that it is a prima facie duty to keep your promises and the principle that it is a prima facie duty to produce the most good.
WEBSuppose then that I propose to do something which I determine to be the keeping of a promise and the telling of a lie. According to Ross, in virtue of kind K (keeping my promise), the proposed act is prima facie right; but in virtue of kind T …
William David Ross - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBAug 12, 2010 · Ross claims that ‘prima facie’ is an unfortunate phrase on which to rely (RG 20; FE 84–85). It suggests that these only appear to be duties which further reflection might reveal to be illusory. This is not the view: these …