Faith in a hard ground : essays on religion, philosophy, and ethics / [print]
by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.
- Exeter, U.K. ; Charlottesville, Virginia : Imprint Academic, (c)2008.
- xxvi, 273 pages ; 21 cm.
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs ; v. 11 .
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs ; v. 11. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
What is it to believe someone? -- Faith -- Prophecy and miracles -- Hume on miracles -- Paganism, superstition and philosophy -- On the hatred of God -- On attachment to things and obedience to God -- Twenty opinions common among modern Anglo-American philosophers -- The immortality of the soul -- On transubstantiation -- Authority in morals -- On being in good faith -- Morality -- Sin -- Two moral theologians -- Contraception and chastity -- On Humanae vitae -- Address to the clergy : on contraception and natural family planning -- Contraception, chastity and the vocation of marriage -- The early embryo: theoretical doubts and practical certainties -- The moral environment of the child -- Christians and nuclear weapons designed for the destruction of cities -- Simony in Africa -- Philosophers and economists : two philosophers' objections to usury -- On wisdom.
Essays by the celebrated twentieth-century philosopher, G.E.M. Anscombe.
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Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Christianity--Philosophy. Faith. Religion--Philosophy. Christian ethics. Ethics. Philosophy.