PHIL 1050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Elizabeth Anscombe, Peter Geach
14 Apr 2013
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Truman was the man who decided to drop the atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. President roosevelt sent messages to the governments of france, germany, Italy, poland and great britain denouncing the bombardment of cities calling it inhuman barbarism . Winston churchill the decision whether or not to use the atomic bomb to compel the surrender of japan was never seen an issue. There was a unanimous, automatic, unquestioned agreement around our table . After signing the final order, truman said he slept like a baby . Elizabeth anscombe believed britain should not go to war because countries at war inevitably end up fighting by unjust means. Miss anscombe: married 59 years, 7 children, and one of the 20th centuries most distinguished philosophers and the greatest woman philosopher in history, Anscombe for men to choose to kill the innocent as a means to their end, is always a murderer .
