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Full Idea
In her later work she offers a view of the relationship of morality to human nature, arguing that the moral virtues are part of what makes us good as human beings.
Gist of Idea
Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings
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
In this phase she talks explicitly of the Aristotelian idea that successful function is the grounding of what is good for any living being, including humans.
Related Idea
Idea 23686 Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]
| 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] |