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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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The House and the Wise Aren't the Same Thing.

The house and the wise aren't the same thing. They're like inverses of each other, maybe there is a different direction to them. If you're just doing something, why are you moving your arms? No reason. Then you wouldn't call the moving your arms a how, right? There has to be a why. Well, so for example, why did you knock that glass over? I don't. It was an accident. How did you knocked that glass over with my elbow because I'm dumb? That's unintentional. You have to have an intention or means and analysis. So here's maybe this is getting to the question of issue doing something beyond just efficient and

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