The Moral Philosophy of W. D. Ross

Robert Audi writes, lectures, and teaches in ethics and political philosophy, epistemology, and action theory. He has published books and papers in these and other areas. His OUP books include The Architecture of Reason (2001), Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State (2011), Rationality and Religious Commitment (2011), Means, Ends, and Persons (2015), and Rational Belief (2015). He is a past president of the American Philosophical Association, Editor-in-Chief of The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (1995, 1999, and 2015), and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.David Phillips is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Houston. He specializes in ethics; his research interests are primarily in the history of ethics, with a particular focus on British moral philosophers. He is the author of three books, all published by OUP: Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics: A Guide (2022), Rossian Ethics: W.D. Ross and Contemporary Moral Theory (2019), and Sidgwickian Ethics (2011).

• 1: Robert AudiDavid Phillips: Introduction Part I. The General Structure of Ross's Ethical Theory 2: Robert Audi: Duty, Moral Knowledge, and Intrinsic Value in Rossian Intuitionism 3: Roger Crisp: The Prima Facie/Overall Duty Distinction: What is it? Where did it come from? Why does it matter? 4: Garrett Cullity: Ross and the Foundations of Morality 5: Brad Hooker: The Ethical Theory of W. D. Ross Part II. Ross's Normative Ethics 6: David Phillips: Can Sidgwick and Ross Converge in Moral Theory? 7: Sabine Roeser: Prima Facie Duties, Real-World Contexts and Moral Emotions 8: David Kaspar: Ross's Explanatory Resources 9: Philip Stratton-Lake: Ross and the Problem of Permissibility Part III: Ross on Virtue and Vice 10: Thomas HurkaBowen Chan: Ross On Virtue and Vice 11: Natasza SzuttaArtur Szutta: Ross and the Ethics of Virtue Part IV: Ross on Value 12: Gwen Bradford: Ross and Aesthetic Value 13: L. Nandi Theunissen: On the Value of Intellectual and Aesthetic Activity: A Reply to Ross 14: Anthony Skelton: Heterarchy and Hierarchy in Ross's Theories of the Right and the Good