This chapter elaborates on the main thesis pursued in this study: “Are there things we should value because they are, quite simply, good?”. Moore gives an unequivocally affirmative answer to the question; he goes beyond saying yes, adding that goodness is the only property that can justify... see more

This chapter focuses on Moore's conception of goodness. It discusses how Moore was not the first to assert or assume the existence of absolute goodness. Nor was he the last. The concept of absolute or impersonal value—“intrinsic value,” as it is often called—continues to be employed in muc... see more

Geach and Thomson believe that Moore makes a terrible mistake about the word “good.” In their words, he failed to see that it is an “attributive adjective” rather than a “predicative adjective.” What they mean is this: Moore says near the beginning of Principia Ethica that when someone spe... see more