Value Theory: between Husserl's Phenomenology and Moore's Intuitionism

Although the ethical intuitionism and the phenomenological theory of value have been considered to be in some way incompatible, both acknowledge the distinction between facts and value. Starting from this basic assumption in this paper I focus on the ethical accounts proposed respectively by G.E. Moore and E. Husserl referring to the psychological-ethical model proposed by F. Brentano. Accordingly I argue that (a) Moore’s ethical intuitionistic approach is not able to clarify, within ethical considerations, the fundamental difference between axiology and deontology and that the (b) Husserlian distinction between technical and practical dimension of moral reasoning represent a valid response to the difficulties arising from the fact-value distinction.