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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foot, Philippa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Virtue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages)

Edition:

[New] ed.

Place of Publication:

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:

Virtues and Vices

The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect

Euthanasia

Free Will as Involving Determinism

Hume on Moral Judgement

Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values

Moral Arguments

Moral Beliefs

Goodness and Choice

Reasons for Action and Desires

Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives

A Reply to Professor Frankena

Are Moral Considerations Overriding?

Approval and Disapproval.

Notes:

Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1978. With new preface and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-925285-8

0-19-153099-9

9786611930561

1-281-93056-3

OCLC:

302365179