1 May 1956: Was Elizabeth Anscombe right to charge Harry Truman with murder?
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When Oxford University proposed to confer an honorary degree on the man who ordered an atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe condemned the decision as “shar[ing] in the guilt of a bad action by praise and flattery”.
1 May 1956: Was Elizabeth Anscombe right to charge Harry Truman with murder?