Elizabeth Anscombe Quotes
G. E. The quotes below are attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe, organized by topic.
Elizabeth Anscombe on Mind
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“An action is intentional under a description.”
Elizabeth Anscombe on Truth
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“The truth of a description is no guarantee that the description picks out an intentional action.”
Elizabeth Anscombe on Virtue
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“The notion of moral obligation, in any quasi-legal sense, has no purchase outside a divine law conception of ethics.”
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“It is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy.”
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“We cannot in principle dispense with the concept of human flourishing in moral evaluation.”