The Women Are Up to Something: Benjamin Lipscomb

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Publication Date

2-16-2022

Abstract

Overview & Shownotes

Although they didn’t set out to, the British philosophers and friends Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe and Philippa Foot revolutionized the field of ethics in the middle of the 20th century. Our guest today, the philosopher Benjamin Lipscomb, explores the unique friendship and work of four women who changed the face of moral philosophy in his book, The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics.

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Links to people and ideas mentioned in the show

  1. Newsreel clip from the opening of the show

Credits

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Single Still by Blue Dot Sessions

Entwined Oddity by Blue Dot Sessions

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