Intention and the Construction of Society: Carrying Forward Anscombe’s Rediscovery of Moral Intentionality Juan A. Mercado Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) email: mercado@pusc.it Paper published in «Philosophical News. Official publication of the European Society for Moral Philosophy», New Series n. 18, On the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of G.E.M. Anscombe’s Birth (1919-2001), June 2019. Reviewed version of the keynote speech delivered at the International Conference on the same subject, Urbino. Digital version: ISSN 2037-6707. Paper version: ISSN 2039-7194. ISBN: 9788869773082 Pro manuscripto ETHICS & SOCIETY MAY 23-25, 2019 UNIVERSITY OF URBINO CARLO BO Palazzo Battiferri Sala del Consiglio Via Saffi 42 – Urbino CONTACT: www.anscombe100.com moralphilosophy.eu@gmail.com scienze.religiose@uniurb.it ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF G.E.M. ANSCOMBE'S BIRTH (1919-2001) ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SCIENZE RELIGIOSE “Italo Mancini” DESP DIPARTIMENTO DI ECONOMIA, SOCIETÀ, POLITICA John Haldane Royal Institute of Philosophy, Baylor University, U.S.A. James Hanink American Maritain Association, U.S.A. Giacomo Samek Lodovici Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy Juan A. Mercado Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy Cyrille Michon Université de Nantes, France John Waters Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A. ORGANIZERS: Andrea Aguti, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Elisa Grimi, Executive Director, European Society for Moral Philosophy ,