“Those who try to make room for sex as mere casual enjoyment pay the penalty: they become shallow. At any rate the talk that reflects and commends this attitude is always shallow. They dishonour their own bodies; holding cheap what is naturally connected with the origination of human life.”

— G. E. M. Anscombe

Contraception and Chastity (1975)

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British analytic philosopher 1919–2001

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