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action theory

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Elizabeth Anscombe

British philosopher — pupil and literary executor of Wittgenstein — author of Intention (1957) and Modern Moral Philosophy (1958) — who coined the term 'consequentialism,' revived virtue ethics, and created the philosophy of action.

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