“善”与非自然性质——摩尔思想变迁考

"Good" and Non-natural Property: Moore's Changes in his Thought

摩尔在《伦理学原理》中关于"善是非自然性质"这一观点的阐述并不令人信服,遭到了布劳德等人的批评。摩尔在与他人的讨论中,一方面承认自己的不足,另一方面吸收他人的合理见解,思想上产生了不小的变化。尽管摩尔并没有很好地解决自己的问题,但是就其对西方元伦理学的贡献和其"踏实求真"的学术态度而言,他仍然不失为一位伟大的思想家。

Moore's point of view that good is a kind of non-natural property in 'EthicaPrincipia' was not persuasive and encountered the criticisms from Broad et al. Duringthe discussions with other scholars, he on the one hand acknowledged his insufficiencies,on the other hand absorbed other's reasonable opinions, which caused some changes onhis thoughts. Although Moore did not solve his problem very well, speaking of hiscontribution to Meta-ethics and his striving for steadfastly and really academic manner,he was still a great thinker.