WOMEN ARE UP TO SOMETHING how elizabeth anscombe,philippa foot, mary midgley, and iris murdoch... revolutionized ethics.
This the story of four philosophers--Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch--who helped shape the intellectual history of the 20th century, reviving the ethical imagination of their time and ours. The Second World War gave these four women their chance, as they pursued rol...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This the story of four philosophers--Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch--who helped shape the intellectual history of the 20th century, reviving the ethical imagination of their time and ours. The Second World War gave these four women their chance, as they pursued roles formerly reserved for men. But they succeeded because of their formidable intelligence and because of who they were: a combative Catholic convert who never cared whom she offended; her unlikely best friend, an atheist who grew up in a world of class and manners; a woman who spent a decade and a h. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780197541104 0197541100 9780197541081 0197541089 |