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Full Idea
In her late period she again reverses her thoughts on moral rationalism; …rather than a neutral rationality which fulfils desires, she argues that morality ought to be thought of as part of the standard of rationality itself.
Gist of Idea
Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality
Source
report of Philippa Foot (Natural Goodness [2001]) by John Hacker-Wright - Philippa Foot's Moral Thought Intro
Book Ref
Hacker-Wright,John: 'Philippa Foot's Moral Thought' [Bloomsbury 2013], p.5
A Reaction
This comes much closer to the Greek and Aristotelian concept of logos. They saw morality as inseparable from our judgements about how the world is. All 'sensible' thinking will involve what is good for humanity.
Related Idea
Idea 1575 For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
| 23686 | Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
| 23687 | Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
| 22491 | Moral evaluations are not separate from facts, but concern particular facts about functioning [Foot] |
| 23693 | Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required [Foot] |
| 23695 | Good actions can never be justified by the good they brings to their agent [Foot] |
| 23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
| 22492 | Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot] |
| 22493 | Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [Foot] |
| 22496 | Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot] |
| 22495 | Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot] |
| 22497 | Deep happiness usually comes from the basic things in life [Foot] |
| 22498 | Happiness is enjoying the pursuit and attainment of right ends [Foot] |
| 22499 | We all know that just pretending to be someone's friend is not the good life [Foot] |
| 22502 | Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot] |