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Journal Review - Incoherence of the moral "ought", an analysis of a paper by Elizabeth Anscombe entitled, 'Modern Moral Philosophy.'
Title: Journal Review - Incoherence of the moral "ought", an analysis of a paper by Elizabeth Anscombe entitled, 'Modern Moral Philosophy.'
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Journal Review - Incoherence of the moral "ought", an analysis of a paper by Elizabeth Anscombe entitled, 'Modern Moral Philosophy.'
The Incoherence of the Moral 'Ought,' a journal article by Duncan Richter, is an analysis of a paper by Elizabeth Anscombe entitled, 'Modern Moral Philosophy.' In this analysis, Mr. Richter is only concerned about Anscombe's second thesis, which states as follows:
The concepts of moral obligation and moral duty (what is morally right and morally wrong, and the moral sense of 'ought,' ought to be jettisoned if this is psychologically possible; because they are survivals, …showed first 75 words of 654 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 654 total…of trust, what ingratitude, what kind of pride and folly, to refuse to obey.' Duncan Richter adds, at the end, that the words 'right' and 'wrong' are overlooked by Anscombe and therefore causes her second thesis to seem right. In addition, he asserts that the people of today need to be ready to lay aside moral philosophy as we know it permanently.
(Journal: Richter, Duncan. The Incoherence of the Moral 'Ought.' Mind. January, 1995. Vol. 104. Pp. 69-85.)
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