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This work is a guide to Elizabeth Anscombe's 'Intention', which is one of the most important philosophical books of the 20th century. The present volume offers a careful and critical presentation of Anscombe's main lines of argument and emphasizes her debts to Aristotle, Aquinas…
Written against the background of her controversial opposition to the University of Oxford's awarding of an honorary degree to Harry S. Truman, Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention laid the groundwork she thought necessary for a proper ethical evaluation of actions like the bombing of…
Written against the background of her controversial opposition to the University of Oxford's awarding of an honorary degree to Harry S. Truman, Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention laid the groundwork she thought necessary for a proper ethical evaluation of actions like the bombing of…
How should we decide whether to experience something that is unlike anything we have ever encountered? Philosophers have recently argued that we are in situations of this kind for more of our decisions than we usually recognize. This volume brings together philosophers and psych…
Suppose you're offered an opportunity to experience something that is unlike anything you have ever encountered, but that's all you know-aside from the fact that the experience is physically safe and morally acceptable. How do you decide whether to take up the offer? Several phi…