Virtues and vices, and other essays in moral philosophy
by Philippa Foot
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"Foot stands out among contemporary ethical theorists because of her conviction that virtues and vices are more central ethical notions than rights, duties, justice, or consequences--the primary focus of most other contemporary moral theorists. This volume brings together a dozen essays published between 1957 and 1977, and includes two new ones as well. In the first, Foot argues explicitly for an ethic of virtue, and in the next five discusses abortion, euthanasia, free will/determination, and the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment with emotivism and prescriptivism and t heir account of moral arguments. All the essays embody to some extent her commitment to an ethics of virtue. Foot's style is straightforward and readable, her arguments subtle, ingenious, and some of them important."--Choice
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Virtues and vices and other essays in moral philosophy
2002, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
in English
0199252858 9780199252855
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Virtues and vices, and other essays in moral philosophy
1978, B. Blackwell
in English
063119200X 9780631192008
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Virtues and vices and other essays in moral philosophy
1978, University of California Press, Univ of California Pr
in English
0520036867 9780520036864
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