Anscombe, Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret (1919-2001

G.E.M. Anscombe

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe

*March 18, 1919 (Limerick, Ireland)
†January 5, 2001 (Cambridge, England)

Elizabeth Anscombe was an important twentieth century philosopher and a professor at Cambridge University. She was known for her translations of some of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s most important work and her work on ethics and the philosophy of action. Her article Modern Moral Philosophy (1958) introduced the term consequentialism into the language of analytic philosophy, and had an influence on contemporary virtue ethics. Moreover her monograph Intention (1957) aims to shed light on the concept of intention and shaped the philosophy of action. Anscombe also opposed the use of atomic weapons and held conservative views on sexual ethics.

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