Virtues and Vices: And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy
by Philippa Foot
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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 show more ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment with emotivism and show lessTags
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Examines the relationship between human virtue and human good.
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Philippa Foot is Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
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