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Full Idea
I want to say, baldly, that there is no criterion for practical rationality that is not derived from that of goodness of will.
Gist of Idea
All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will
Source
Philippa Foot (Natural Goodness [2001], 1)
Book Ref
Foot,Philippa: 'Natural Goodness' [OUP 2003], p.11
A Reaction
Where does that put the successful and clever criminal? Presumably they are broadly irrational, but narrowly rational - but that is not very clear distinction. She says Kant's concept of the good will is too pure, and unrelated to human good.
Related Ideas
Idea 23693 Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required [Foot]
Idea 18238 Only a good will can give man's being, and hence the world, a final purpose [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] |