Full Idea
We should ask why we think that it makes sense to talk about morally good and bad states of affairs.
Gist of Idea
Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad?
Source
Philippa Foot (Utilitarianism and the Virtues [1985], p.68)
Book Reference
Foot,Philippa: 'Moral Dilemmas' [OUP 2002], p.68
A Reaction
This is the key question in her attack on consequentialism. There is nothing 'morally' good about my football team winning a great victory.