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Full Idea
Different considerations are on a par, in that judgement about what is required by practical rationality must take account of their interaction: of the weight of the ones we call non-moral as well as those we call moral.
Gist of Idea
Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required
Source
Philippa Foot (Natural Goodness [2001], 1)
Book Ref
Foot,Philippa: 'Natural Goodness' [OUP 2003], p.11
A Reaction
Her final settled view of rationalism in morality, it seems. The point is that moral considerations are not paramount, because she sees possible justifications for ignoring moral rules (like 'don't lie') in certain practical situations.
Related Ideas
Idea 23694 All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot]
Idea 6183 Can pure reason determine the will, or are empirical conditions relevant? [Kant]
| 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] |