G.E. Moore, Principia Ethica Quotes
....it seems to me that a pleasurable Contemplation of Beauty has certainly an immeasurably greater value than mere Consciousness of Pleasure.
...fiction is as useful as truth, for giving us matter, upon which to exercise the judgment of value.
...if good is defined as something else, it is then impossible either to prove that any other definition is wrong or even to deny such definition.
For it is the business of Ethics, I must insist, not only to obtain true results, but also to find valid reasons for them.