Sidgwick's ethical theory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sidgwick's_ethical_theory
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Ethics
gptkbp:aimsTo reconcile utilitarianism and intuitionism
gptkbp:analyzes methods of ethics
gptkbp:centralQuestion What ought I to do?
gptkbp:component utilitarianism
intuitionism
gptkbp:contrastsWith Kantian ethics
Aristotelian ethics
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:G._E._Moore
gptkb:W._D._Ross
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:The_Methods_of_Ethics
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Henry_Sidgwick
gptkbp:discusses self-evidence of moral axioms
gptkbp:emphasizes universalizability
impartiality
gptkbp:focusesOn rationality in ethics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sidgwick's ethical theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Derek_Parfit
gptkb:Peter_Singer
20th-century moral philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkbp:proposedBy dualism of practical reason
gptkbp:publishedIn 1874
gptkbp:requires no rational basis to prefer one's own happiness over others'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sidgwick's_dualism_of_practical_reason
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5