I used to think that after she died, Susan Stebbing was quickly forgotten in post-war analytic philosophy eager to move forward and unwilling to dwell on the great debates and confusions of the 1930s.
Not sure if I'm reading this right, but is Anscombe defending rule "never commit sodomy" as not only correct but without any room for exception? Even for 1956, that seems pretty startling to me. The Wolfenden Committee was already underway by then.
Not sure if I'm reading this right, but is Anscombe defending rule "never commit sodomy" as not only correct but without any room for exception? Even for 1956, that seems pretty startling to me. The Wolfenden Committee was already underway by then.
I believe she is. She returns to it in the other pieces I cited. Anscombe is not a liberal in any sense.