Virtues and Vices And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy

by Foot, Philippa

• ISBN13: 9780199252862
• ISBN10: 0199252866
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780191530999
• 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