Required Readings
Elizabeth Anscombe, "Modern Moral Philosophy," in 20th Century Ethical Theory, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Joram G. Haber (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 351-364.
Philippa Foot, "Virtues and Vices," in 20th Century Ethical Theory, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Joram G. Haber (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995), pp. 583-593.
David Solomon, "Internal Objections to Virtue Ethics," in Midwest Studies in Philosophy 13 (1988): 428-441.
Study Questions
1. According to Anscombe, why does the moral ought make no sense in modern philosophy?
2. Why, according to Anscombe, should we abandon moral philosophy at the present time, and when can we engage in it again?
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