Ross's list of prima facie principles is just as simple as utilitarianism.
Ross's list of prima facie principles is just as simple as utilitarianism.
Ross's list is much more complex, since it has more principles and no easy way to resolve conflicts between them. Ross admits this. But he says that it's better to have a theory that is adequate to our moral intuitions than one that is simple.
Ross's list of prima facie principles is just as simple as utilitarianism.
Ross's list is much more complex, since it has more principles and no easy way to resolve conflicts between them. Ross admits this. But he says that it's better to have a theory that is adequate to our moral intuitions than one that is simple.