
Episode 88: G.E.M. Anscombe: Should We Use Moral Language?
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Why Isn't It OK to Not Have Sex?
It can become difficult to say what is a means and what is an end depending on what description- Well, we've all been there. I think it shows that it is reductio ad absurdum to her view. Whereas it seems if you're not in the middle of a very picky analysis of Catholic doctrine, it is a difference that does not make a difference. So would you say then that no one should have sex when pregnancy can't happen? Is the Catholic committed to you can only have sex when a woman is fertile? No. That's not why you required to have at least nine kids.
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