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9780199252862

Virtues and Vices And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy

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    9780199252862

  • ISBN10:

    0199252866

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-06
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Summary

'Foot stands out among contemporary ethical theorists because of her conviction that virtues and vices are more central ethical notions than rights, duties, justice, or consequences - the primary focus of most other contemporary theorists. This volume brings together a dozen essays publishedbetween 1957 and 1977, and includes two new ones as well. In the first, Foot argues explicitly for an ethic of virtue, and in the next five discusses abortion, euthanasia, free will/determination, and the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment withemotivism and prescriptivism and their account of moral arguments. All the essays embody to some extent her commitment to an ethics of virtue.... Foot's style is straightforward and readable, her arguments subtle, ingenious, and some of them important.' Choice'All in all, this collection of essays provides much to whet the moral philosopher's appetite.' International Philosophical Quarterly

Author Biography

Philippa Foot is Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford

Table of Contents

Preface to 2002 Edition ix
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgements xvii
Virtues and Vices
1(18)
The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect
19(14)
Euthanasia
33(29)
Free Will as Involving Determinism
62(12)
Hume on Moral Judgement
74(7)
Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values
81(15)
Moral Arguments
96(14)
Moral Beliefs
110(22)
Goodness and Choice
132(16)
Reasons for Action and Desires
148(9)
Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives
157(17)
A Reply to Professor Frankena
174(7)
Are Moral Considerations Overriding?
181(8)
Approval and Disapproval
189(20)
Index 209

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