Modern Moral Philosophy
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Modern Moral Philosophy is a highly influential 1958 essay by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe that critiques contemporary ethical theory and helped spark the revival of virtue ethics in analytic philosophy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Modern Moral Philosophy canonical | 6 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ethics essay
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Kantianism
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surface form:
Kantian ethics
consequentialist ethics ⓘ duty-based moral concepts ⓘ notion of moral obligation ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
analytic philosophy
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ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableClaim |
concepts of moral obligation and duty are survivals from an earlier law conception of ethics
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modern moral philosophy should be laid aside until we have an adequate philosophy of psychology ⓘ virtue concepts are more fundamental than moral law concepts ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
critique of the concept of moral "ought"
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emphasis on character and virtue ⓘ rejection of law conception of ethics without a lawgiver ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a founding text of modern virtue ethics
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highly influential in contemporary ethics ⓘ |
| influenced |
analytic virtue ethics
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contemporary moral philosophy ⓘ revival of virtue ethics ⓘ |
| influencedPhilosopher |
Alasdair MacIntyre
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John McDowell ⓘ Philippa Foot ⓘ Rosalind Hursthouse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
consequentialism
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critique of modern moral theory ⓘ deontology ⓘ moral obligation ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
analytic philosophy
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virtue ethics ⓘ |
| proposes |
focus on virtues rather than rules
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return to Aristotelian ethics ⓘ |
| publicationType | journal article ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Elizabeth Anscombe