Modern Moral Philosophy Anscombe

Philosophy 33 124 1 19 1958 abstract.

Modern moral philosophy anscombe. Modern moral philosophy is an article on moral philosophy by g. Not only because anscombe is engaging with moral philosophy since aristotle up to the mid twentieth century but also because she does it with frustrating brevity. The author presents and defends three theses.

The first is that it is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy. Notably the term consequentialism was first coined in this paper. Modern moral philosophy g.

The article has influenced the emergence of contemporary virtue ethics especially through the work of alasdair macintyre. 1 the first is that it is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy. All modern 1958 english moral philosophy basically similar general assault on all moral philosophers butler said to exalt conscience.

That should be laid aside at any rate until we have an adequate philosophy of psychology in which we are conspicuously lacking. Anscombe originally published in the journal philosophy vol.