ABSTRACT
Any attempt to provide our own positive solution of the problem or problems at issue must begin by trying to ensure that there is nothing obscure or confused in our formulation of the problems themselves; and this immediately raises some important doubts and difficulties. This chapter deals with the question of the relation between the rationality of conduct and its moral rightness by examining the nature and extent of the correlation between the ‘rational’ group of epithets and the ‘moral’ group. The justification, and in general the assessment and reasoned criticism, of actions, take many forms; but there are four especially important types which it will be necessary to consider separately, and at some length. Many practical arguments, especially those on moral questions, seem to be more complicated than this, and to involve something more than a combination of logical rigour and the establishment of empirical facts.
