Modern Moral Philosophy

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By Jonny Blamey

Series: The Macat Library

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Modern Moral Philosophy by Jonny Blamey revisits Elizabeth Anscombe's seminal 1958 essay that challenged the foundations of contemporary moral philosophy. Over just 16 pages, Anscombe critically analyses the arguments of prominent philosophers, employing rigorous evaluative and analytical skills. The essay exposes the assumptions, strengths, and weaknesses underlying modern moral thought, revealing surprising similarities among debated positions. This incisive work remains a pivotal and provocative text in ethical philosophy.
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This book is ideal for students and scholars of philosophy, particularly those interested in ethics and critical thinking. It suits readers seeking a deep, analytical critique of modern moral philosophy, as well as anyone wanting to engage with a landmark philosophical essay that continues to provoke debate.

Anscombe’s 1958 paper challenged the very foundations of moral philosophy, the discipline that tries to understand and differentiate between actions, right and wrong. It argues that moral philosophy should not be explored until a philosophy of psychology is already in place, and that, without a belief in God, morality can have no absolute rules.

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Elizabeth Anscombe’s 1958 essay “Modern Moral Philosophy” is a cutting intervention in modern philosophy that shows the full power of good evaluative and analytical critical thinking skills.

Though only 16 pages long, Anscombe’s paper set out to do nothing less than reform the entire field of modern moral philosophy – something that could only be done by carefully examining the existing arguments of the giants of the field. To do this, she deployed the central skills of evaluation and analysis.

In critical thinking, analysis helps understand the sequence and features of arguments: it asks what reasons these arguments produce, what implicit reasons and assumptions they rely on, what conclusions they arrive at. Evaluation involves judging whether or not the arguments are strong enough to sustain their conclusions: it asks how acceptable, adequate, and relevant the reasons given are, and whether or not the conclusions drawn from them are really valid.

In “Modern Moral Philosophy,” Anscombe dispassionately turns these skills on figures that have dominated moral philosophy since the 18th-century, revealing the underlying assumptions of their work, their weaknesses and strengths, and showing that in many ways the supposed differences between their arguments are actually negligible. A brilliantly incisive piece, “Modern Moral Philosophy” radically affected its field, remaining required – and controversial – reading today.