W. D. Ross

Sir W. D. Ross KBE FBA
Born	William David Ross (1877-04-15)15 April 1877 Thurso, Scotland
Died	5 May 1971(1971-05-05) (aged 94) Oxford, England
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Ethics, Greek philosophy
Notable ideas	Deontological pluralism (ethical non-naturalism / ethical intuitionism / ethical pluralism),[1] prima facie moral duties,[2] criticism of consequentialism

Sir William David Ross KBE FBA (15 April 1877 – 5 May 1971), known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish Aristotelian philosopher, translator, WWI veteran, civil servant, and university administrator. His best-known work is The Right and the Good (1930), in which he developed a pluralist, deontological form of intuitionist ethics in response to G. E. Moore's consequentialist form of intuitionism. Ross also critically edited and translated a number of Aristotle's works, such as his 12-volume translation of Aristotle together with John Alexander Smith, and wrote on other Greek philosophy.