As I read the whole of Intention for our Anscombe episode and didn't want to promptly forget the whole thing, I ran a small Not School group last month that just had its discussion this last weekend; you can hear it on the Free Stuff for Citizens page (provided that you go become a Citizen, of course). I was joined by Stanley Martin and Shira Coffee. All of us had some Continue Reading …
Not School: G.E.M. Anscombe’s “Intention”
Featuring Mark Linsenmayer, Stanley Martin, and Shira Coffee. Recorded March 8, 2014. A supplement for Episode 88. What is the difference between an intention and a prediction? Between an intention and a command? Do Aristotelian practical syllogisms actually work according to modern logic? Anscombe more often tries out a theory and then shows why it doesn't work than puts Continue Reading …
Episode 88: G.E.M. Anscombe: Should We Use Moral Language?
On Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy" (1958), Intention sections 22-27 (1957), and "War and Murder" (1961). Anscombe thinks that our moral language was developed in a theistic context, and without a law-giver, the idea of a moral law or obligation doesn't make sense. However, we can debate about what actions display "justice," whether some action is "harmful," Continue Reading …
Episode 88: G.E.M. Anscombe: Should We Use Moral Language?
On Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy" (1958), Intention sections 22-27 (1957), and "War and Murder" (1961). Anscombe thinks that our moral language was developed in a theistic context, and without a law-giver, the idea of a moral law or obligation doesn't make sense. However, we can debate about what actions display "justice," whether some action is "harmful," Continue Reading …
Precognition of Ep. 88: G.E.M. Anscombe
Guest Philosophy Bro introduces Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy," and Intention sections 22-27. Listen to the full PEL episode. Continue Reading …
Judgment without Morality
Both Sartre and Anscombe say that they're teasing out the logical consequences of atheism for ethics, and of course we saw this back in Nietzsche too. If you ask "are these figures moral realists or moral irrealists?", I think they're going to say you're missing the point. No, a sentence like "X is right" no longer becomes simply true or false, and this is because of some sort Continue Reading …
Precognition of Ep. 88: G.E.M. Anscombe
Guest Philosophy Bro introduces Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy," and Intention sections 22-27. Listen to the full PEL episode. Continue Reading …