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Elizabeth Anscombe Quotes on Virtue

G. This page collects quotes attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:

    “The notion of moral obligation, in any quasi-legal sense, has no purchase outside a divine law conception of ethics.”

  • Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:

    “It is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy.”

  • Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:

    “An action is intentional under a description.”

  • Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:

    “We cannot in principle dispense with the concept of human flourishing in moral evaluation.”