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
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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:
“An action is intentional under a description.”
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Attributed to Elizabeth Anscombe:
“We cannot in principle dispense with the concept of human flourishing in moral evaluation.”