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Did G.E.M. Anscombe publish Moral Philosophy in 1958?

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“G.E.M. Anscombe published the essay "Modern Moral Philosophy" in 1958, which criticized duty-based ethics and sparked renewed interest in virtue ethics.”
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G. E. M. Anscombe’s essay “Modern Moral Philosophy” was published in the journal *Philosophy* in January 1958. In it she critiqued duty‑based (deontological) ethics and argued for a return to virtue‑based approaches, a move that is widely recognized as having revived interest in virtue ethics.

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  • Modern Moral Philosophy - Wikipedia

    "Modern Moral Philosophy" is an article on moral philosophy by G. E. M. Anscombe, originally published in the journal Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 124 (January 1958).

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  • [PDF] Modern Moral Philosophy | Semantic Scholar

    @article{Anscombe1958ModernMP, title={Modern Moral Philosophy}, author={G. E. M. Anscombe}, journal={Philosophy}, year={1958}, volume={33}, pages={1 - 19}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:197875941} }

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  • ANSCOMBE ON THE MESMERIC FORCE OF 'OUGHT' ...

    correct – ought and cognate modals are assumed by modern moral philosophers to refer. I · reconstruct the alternative account offered by Anscombe of viable and justified · ‘Aristotelian’ modals – as contrasted with mysterious and unjustified ‘Kantian’ modals; I · discuss the nature and status of ‘Aristotelian necessity’ to which such legitimate modals · refer to. I conclude with the claims that Anscombe’s account of modern moral philosophy

  • 72 II. ASPIRATION CORNER Modern Views on Virtue Ethics

    moral philosophies such as emotivism, utilitarianism, deontology. Elizabeth Anscombe criticized also the use of the concepts of duty and · moral obligation in the absence of God as the context God had no place. For solving the quests of modern morality, both MacIntyre and

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