Goodness: Attributive and predicative

There is little consensus concerning the truth or reference conditions for evaluative terms such as “good” and “bad.” In his paper “Good and Evil,” Geach (1956) proposed that we distinguish between attributive and predicative uses of “good.” Foot (2001), Thomson (2008), Kraut (2011), and others have...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael-John Turp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Montréal 2016-09-01
Series:Les Ateliers de l’Ethique
Subjects:
Online Access:http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1041767ar