Faith in a hard ground : essays on religion, philosophy, and ethics / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally

Author: Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)
Uniform Title: Essays. Selections
Published: Exeter, U.K. ; Charlottesville, Va. : Imprint Academic, [2008]
Copyright Date: ©2008
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 273 pages).
Additional Creators: Geach, Mary and Gormally, Luke

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St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Contents

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.

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9781845402822 (electronic bk.)
1845402820 (electronic bk.)
9781845401214
1845401212
9781845401436
1845401433

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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