[PDF] Human Life Action And Ethics eBook

Author : G.E.M. Anscombe
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1845402707

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A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'

Author : Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781845400132

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This is a collection of philosophical essays, by G.E.M. Anscombe, on human life.

Author : G.E.M. Anscombe
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1845402715

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A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'

Author : Martin Rhonheimer
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0813217229

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*A rigorous philosophical analysis of some of the most disputed questions in Catholic sexual ethics*

Author : G.E.M. Anscombe
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1845402820

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Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005.

Author : Michael Thompson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674016705

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Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts—concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompson’s aim in his ambitious work. In Thompson’s view, failure to comprehend the structures of thought and judgment expressed in these concepts has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus. In three investigations, Thompson considers life, action, and practice successively, attempting to exhibit these interrelated concepts as pure categories of thought, and to show how a proper exposition of them must be Aristotelian in character. He contends that the pure character of these categories, and the Aristotelian forms of reflection necessary to grasp them, are systematically obscured by modern theoretical philosophy, which thus blocks the way to the renewal of practical philosophy. His work recovers the possibility, within the tradition of analytic philosophy, of hazarding powerful generalities, and of focusing on the larger issues—like “life”—that have the power to revive philosophy. As an attempt to relocate crucial concepts from moral philosophy and the theory of action into what might be called the metaphysics of life, this original work promises to reconfigure a whole sector of philosophy. It is a work that any student of contemporary philosophy must grapple with.

Author : Roger Teichmann
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191616990

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One of the most important philosophers of recent times, Elizabeth Anscombe wrote books and articles on a wide range of topics, including the ground-breaking monograph Intention. Her work is original, challenging, often difficult, always insightful; but it has frequently been misunderstood, and its overall significance is still not fully appreciated. This book is the first major study of Anscombe's philosophical oeuvre. In it, Roger Teichmann presents Anscombe's main ideas, bringing out their interconnections, elaborating and discussing their implications, pointing out objections and difficulties, and aiming to give a unified overview of her philosophy. Many of Anscombe's arguments are relevant to contemporary debates, as Teichmann shows, and on a number of topics what Anscombe has to say constitutes a powerful alternative to dominant or popular views. Among the writings discussed are Intention, 'Practical Inference', 'Modern Moral Philosophy', 'Rules, Rights and Promises', 'On Brute Facts', 'The First Person', 'The Intentionality of Sensation', 'Causality and Determination', An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 'The Question of Linguistic Idealism', and a number of other pieces, including some that are little known or hard to obtain. A complete bibliography of Anscombe's writings is also included. Ranging from the philosophy of action, through ethics, to philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and the philosophy of logic and language, this book is a study of one of the most significant bodies of work in modern philosophy, spanning more than fifty years, and as pertinent today as ever.

Author : John Keown
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199589550

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The principle of the sanctity of life is key to the law governing medical practice and professional medical ethics. It is also widely misunderstood. This book clarifies the principle and considers how it influences the law governing abortion; 'test-tube' babies; euthanasia; feeding patients in persistent vegetative states; and palliative treatment.

Author : James Mumford
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Theological
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199673969

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Many declare the debate about abortion to be hopelessly polarised, between conservatives and liberals, between forces religious and secular. In this book Mumford upends this received wisdom and challenges consensus, arguing that many dominant attitudes and argument fail to take into account the particular way human beings 'emerge' in the world.