4.1 Opposing Calculative Ethics (Series 4: Protesting with Elizabeth Anscombe)

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For our last Quartet member, we turn to Elizabeth Anscombe and the pamphlet she wrote to protest US President Harry Truman’s honorary degree at Oxford University. To stop ourselves from falling into the trap of ‘either/or’ thinking that is often featured in hypothetical moral situations, Anscombe reminds us that some actions are wrong no matter what situation we are in. *content warning: discussion of murder and some events in WWII With Amy Ward

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