In the article "How Boys Become Men‚" Jon Katz gives us some examples to explain why men grow up to be insensitive. Katz points out that boy are supposed to learn how to handle things by themselves and hide their weakness and tears. Boys always pressured to be tough and not allowed showing any emotions and fears. Boys ’ growing up experiences has prepared their adulthoods‚ all the attitudes and behaviors. I agree with Katz that boys learn from other boys. However‚ I believe the most important idea
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Anscombe rejected many forms of ethical conceptions and embedded her own thoughts based of past philosophers. For this reason‚ Anscombe considered many aspects of ethics including‚ virtue‚ psychology‚ intention‚ desire and action (Driver). Based of Anscombe‚ ethics is based on the idea of virtue but because of her Catholic background‚ Anscombe based ethics of divine law. Anscombe believed that‚ “only suitable and really viable alternative is the religiously based moral theory” (Driver). Additionally
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PHIL 432 Anscombe on consequentialism Anscombe is against the notion of consequentialism (refers to classical utilitarianism). Consequentialism is the view that there’s no moral difference between the results of an action‚ which was brought intentionally and actions that was foreseen but not intended. In this essay I will establish Anscombe’s notion of post Sedgwickian consequentialism and why she refers to the Ethicist philosophers such as Moore and Ross as consequentialists. For Anscombe‚ intention
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What is the “natural‚” that is‚ inherent significance of human sexuality? It is the main question Anscombe sets out to answer‚ but fails to prove. Her view as a devout Catholic narrows in justifying the ethical necessity to restrict sex to married heterosexuals. Particularly‚ she argues for the condemnation of contraceptive sex on the ground of two premises; first‚ the prohibition on “contraceptive sex” is continuous with Christian teaching about sex and second‚ because the doctrine on sexual conduct
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Killing In the Name Of Hunting‚ murder‚ and war are all words men have made to distinguish between types of killing and the varied justifications made for committing the same deed. In carrying out this most grave and final of all endeavors‚ as any other action‚ one sees it is not the actual temporal action itself that matters and defines the moment. The intention with which one sets out is even more important than what is done‚ and determines‚ at least within the actor’s mind‚ the righteousness
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(Ed.)‚ The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring‚ 2013). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=freewill Richter‚ D. (n.d.). G. E. M. Anscombe (1919-2001). In J. Fieser‚ & B. Dowden (Eds.)‚ Internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/anscombe/ Tossman‚ S. (2011). Texas Nurses Association promoting enhanced nurse protections. The American Nurse. Retrieved from
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Anscombe’s Acting With a Further Intention and Stout’s Acting While Merely Foreseeing Anscombe has already discussed how a special sense of the question “Why?”‚ can reveal an intentional action. However‚ her principle of further intention is a method of examining action by asking the question “Why?” in more complex terms. This approach begins with basic intention and extends through an action. For example‚ rather than simply stopping at‚ “Why are you moving your arm like that?” one can ask a
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To what extent do modern versions of Virtue Ethics address the weaknesses of Aristotle’s teachings on virtue? Aristotle’s idea of Virtue Ethics was influenced by his belief that all things and all humans have a purpose (a telos). For him a complete explanation of something has to include its final cause or purpose which essentially is to realise its potential. Virtue Ethics itself is concerned with the characteristics of a person rather than how a person behaves and it is this he outlined in his
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I to be?’ rather than ‘How ought I to act’. The concept does not focus on actions being right or wrong‚ but on how to be a good/virtuous person. Virtue ethics was re-examined and redeveloped in the twentieth century by philosophers such as G.E.M. Anscombe. Plato proposed that virtue ethics centers around the achievement of man’s highest good‚ which involves the right cultivation of his soul and the harmonious well-being of his life‚ otherwise known as eudaimonia. Additionally‚ Cardinal virtues are
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action’s outcome or consequence. Therefore‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations. The term "consequentialism" was coined by Elizabeth Anscombe in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy"‚ as a pejorative description of what she saw as the central error of certain moral theories. There are also different types of Consequentialism it includes Utilitarianism‚ which holds that an action is
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