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Episode 88: G.E.M. Anscombe: Should We Use Moral Language?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Aristotelian Practical Wisdom Needed

Aristotelian practical wisdom means you're not just blamed for having bad intentions. You can't get out of this by remaining stupid, right? Which is like a really important point. This sort of ignorance of the law or ignorance of virtue doesn't justify doing in virtuous things. So there's your argument against people. What's the use of philosophy? Why do I need to go through a Socratic process of self analysis? Because you can't flourish dick bag. That's the app. And sometimes it does it very quickly.

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