BRACERS Record Detail for 74251

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Collection code
RA1
Class no.
710
Document no.
046762
Box no.
5.01
Recipient(s)
Aiken, Lillian W.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1963/08/26
Form of letter
TL(CAR)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
PP
Notes and topics

BR has read her book "with much interest" and refers to "the ghosts of Hobbes and of Thrasymachus" with respect to objective moral values. "Ever since I abandoned the doctrines of Moore's Principia Ethica, I have suffered a violent conflict between what I felt and what I found myself compelled to believe." "I could not bring myself to think that Auschwitz was wicked only because Hitler was defeated.…"

Publication
Dear BR, 130 extract
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
No
Record no.
74251
Record created
Mar 16, 2011
Record last modified
May 02, 2024
Created/last modified by
duncana