Abstract

This encomium traces the fluctuations in Russell's theoretical position. These fluctuations spring from his attempt to retrieve a coherent morality from the logical doctrine that propositions asserting value are neither true nor false. The author carefully documents Russell's admissions that his own morality as a whole can claim no ground in reason or nature, and implicitly demonstrates that this state of affairs is a reasonable consequence of a fundamental belief in the unimpeachability of the fact-value distinction.--H. C.