essays by G.E.M. Anscombe Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret) creator Geach, Mary. Gormally, Luke. text bibliography enk Exeter, UK Charlottesville, VA Imprint Academic c2005 2005 monographic eng

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xxi, 298 p. ; 22 cm. Analytical philosophy and the spirituality of man -- Has mankind one soul : an angel distributed through many bodies? -- Human essence -- Were you a zygote? -- Embryos and final causes -- Knowledge and reverence for human life -- The dignity of the human being -- Chisholm on action -- The causation of action -- Practical inference -- Practical truth -- Does Oxford moral philosophy corrupt youth? -- Modern moral philosophy -- Good and bad human action -- Action, intention and 'double effect' -- The controversy over a new morality -- Must one obey one's conscience? -- Glanville Williams' The sanctity of life and the criminal law : a review -- Who is wronged? : Philippa Foot on double effect -- Prolegomenon to a pursuit of the definition of murder : the illegal and the unlawful -- Murder and the morality of euthanasia -- Commentary on John Harris' 'Ethical problems in the management of severely handicapped children' -- Sins of omission? -- The non-treatment of controls in clinical trials. specialized edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally. Includes bibliographical references and index. Ethics BJ1011 .A57 2005 170 1845400135 (cased) 1845400615 9781845400613 2004118304 UKM 110313 13825967