Barnaby Burleigh: 'Moral Knowledge and Revelation – Anscombe on Action and Ethics'
Chair: Matt Bradley
In what sense, if any, could moral knowledge be revealed? This is not only an important question in the philosophy of religion, but also a significant issue in secular moral philosophy. Sometimes, when faced with a difficult moral choice, we ask someone else what we should do. Is it possible, in such a case, for the person to disclose to us a moral truth? If so, in what sense? Are moral truths something which we can simply be told, or is there something about the moral which requires that we work it out for ourselves? Might there be moral truths which actually require revelation? I discuss these questions in relation to Elizabeth Anscombe’s thought about authority in morals and knowledge by connaturality.
