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It reads to me like strong chastisement. Not just that sentence fragment you quote, but 3 whole paragraphs (the 3 before the last paragraph) are devoted to that
by yesenadam 5y ago
It reads to me like strong chastisement. Not just that sentence fragment you quote, but 3 whole paragraphs (the 3 before the last paragraph) are devoted to that theme. And similarly to when on HN people say loftily that something someone else wrote "is very revealing", what it reveals is never mentioned. I think it's like saying "Of course it's bad" i.e. "It's not what I'm used to." You don't have to get into why it's bad, just say it's very revealing. Possibly Schopenhauer covered that in his Stratagems, sounds like it.
On a more positive note, I've read quite a lot of all four of these women, mostly decades ago. Still have books by all of them. I didn't realize the size of their contribution, particularly Anscombe's in reviving (academic) virtue ethics.
- klyrs 5y agoHow interesting. As I read it, those paragraphs are quite neutral -- the author seems to be contrasting without any overt judgement. I can imagine a reader similarly taking offence at a perceived celebration of the noted absence of modern feminism in the women's works. But personally, I strive to read an author's words, not their mind. At one time, presenting differing viewpoints was considered a hallmark of good journalism. I'm not wont to wist for a bygone era; perhaps I am getting old after all.