This work, published in 1930, has become a classic of the ethical and moral philosophical literature of the twentieth century.

Upon entering its pages, the reader becomes aware of the different way that exists when addressing ethical issues in the continental European philosophical tradition and in Anglo-Saxon.

The method followed by the author is that of analytical philosophy, although keeping Aristotle in mind and his concern to clarify the moral senses that are discovered in everyday language.

There are two objectives pursued by the work: on the one hand, refute the utilitarian theory of duty (Moore) and, on the other, criticize axiological subjectivism. Along these lines, the author intends to claim intuitionism as the basis for developing an adequate theory of knowledge of moral realities.

William D. Ross (1877-1971) was a professor at Oxford and a leading analytical philosopher. His research focuses on the field of ethics and philosophy of Aristotle.

ENGLISH: The Right and the Good.

Ross´s book is the culmination of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the 19th and early 20th century. The central concern of the book is rightness and goodness, and their relation to one another.