JHShieberMy new essay is up in 3QuarksDaily.
It's about Benjamin Lipscomb's (The Women Are Up To Something) and Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachel Wiseman's (Metaphysical Animals) new books on Anscombe, Foot, Murdoch, and Midgely.
In the essay, I discuss Nazis, non-cognitivism, and objectivity in ethics. (Oh my!)
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2023/11/what-exactly-are-the-women-up-to.html
#Philosophy #Ethics #Anscombe #Foot #Murdoch #Midgely
It's about Benjamin Lipscomb's (The Women Are Up To Something) and Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachel Wiseman's (Metaphysical Animals) new books on Anscombe, Foot, Murdoch, and Midgely.
In the essay, I discuss Nazis, non-cognitivism, and objectivity in ethics. (Oh my!)
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2023/11/what-exactly-are-the-women-up-to.html
#Philosophy #Ethics #Anscombe #Foot #Murdoch #Midgely
What exactly ARE the women up to? - 3 Quarks Daily
by Joseph Shieber In one of those strange cases of synchronicity that occasionally arise in publishing, two books – issued within a year of each other – appeared on the same under-researched topic, a discussion of the lives and intellectual impact of the philosophers G. E. M. Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Midgely.…