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Full Idea
There is a great deal that all men have in common; all need affection, the cooperation of others, a place in a community, and help in trouble.
Gist of Idea
All people need affection, cooperation, community and help in trouble
Source
Philippa Foot (Moral Relativism [1979], p.33)
Book Ref
Foot,Philippa: 'Moral Dilemmas' [OUP 2002], p.33
A Reaction
There seem to be some people who don't need affection or a place in a community, though it is hard to imagine them being happy. These kind of facts are the basis for any sensible cognitivist view of ethics. They are basic to Foot's view.
| 429 | To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just [Heraclitus] |
| 5911 | Moral duties are as fundamental to the universe as the axioms of mathematics [Ross] |
| 5926 | The beauty of a patch of colour might be the most important fact about it [Ross] |
| 23683 | Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
| 22451 | All people need affection, cooperation, community and help in trouble [Foot] |
| 22392 | Morality is inescapable, in descriptive words such as 'dishonest', 'unjust' and 'uncharitable' [Foot] |
| 5355 | Cognitivists think morals are discovered by reason [Flanagan] |