Ethics, Religion and Politics

An essential collection of Anscombe's work on ethics and intention

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe is considered one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures and a leader in the field of virtue ethics. Ethics, Religion, and Politics: Collected Philosophical Papers, Volume 3, is part of a multi-volume compilation of her work surrounding the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, philosophical logic, and ethics. This volume includes selected works relating to consequentialism, intention, and more, providing Ascombe scholars with a high-level view of her evolution of thought. The two kinds of error in action

On promising and its justice, and whether it need be respected in forno interno

On brute facts

Modern moral philosophy

Authority in morals

War and murder

Mr. Truman's degree

The justice of the present war examined

You can have sex without children: Christianity and the new offer

Rules, rights and promises

On transubstantiation

Faith

On frustration of the majority by the fufillment of the majority's will ̲̲On the source of the authority of the state

G. E. M. Anscombe (1919-2001) read classics and philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She's considered one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures and a leader in the field of virtue ethics.