Virtues and vices and other essays in moral philosophy / Philippa Foot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foot, Philippa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Virtue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

[New] ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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 published between 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, freewill/determination, and the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment with emotivism and

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface to 2002 Edition; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; I Virtues and Vices; II The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect; III Euthanasia; IV Free Will as Involving Determinism; V Hume on Moral Judgement; VI Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values; VII Moral Arguments; VIII Moral Beliefs; IX Goodness and Choice; X Reasons for Action and Desires; XI Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives; XII A Reply to Professor Frankena; XIII Are Moral Considerations Overriding?; XIV Approval and Disapproval; Index

Notes:

Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-925285-8

0-19-153099-9

9786611930561

1-281-93056-3

OCLC:

302365179