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This volume focuses on controversial issues that stem from Philippa Foot's later writings on natural goodness which are at the center of contemporary discussions of virtue ethics. The chapters address questions about how Foot relates judgments of moral goodness to human nature, how Foot understands happiness, and addresses objections to her framework from the perspective of empirical biology. The volume will be of value to any student or scholar with an interest in virtue ethics and analytic moral philosophy.
List of contents
1. Introduction; John Hacker-Wright.- 2. The Grammar of Goodness in Foot's Ethical Naturalism; Rosalind Hursthouse.- 3. How to be an Ethical Naturalist; Jennifer A. Frey.- 4. Practically Self-Conscious Life; Matthias Haase.- 5. Traditional Naturalism; Kristina Gehrman.- 6. "Why Should I?"; Anselm W. Müller.- 7. The Deep and the Shallow; Gavin Lawrence.- 8. Foot's Grammar of Goodness; Micah Lott.- 9. Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism and the Evolutionary Objection; Parisa Moosavi.- Index.
About the author
John Hacker-Wright is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is the author of
Philippa Foot’s Moral Thought (2013) and many papers on virtue ethics and neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism. He is editor of the
Journal of Value Inquiry.
Summary
Takes a unique approach: it is the first volume to focus on the moral philosophy of Philippa Foot
Provides high-quality analysis: features the work of an extremely prestigious collection of contributors
Conveys contemporary relevance: questions framed in the introduction about justice and how the human good can limit moral codes foreground the significance of Foot’s thought for both modern theorists, and society more widely
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“It is no understatement to say that Hacker-Wright’s collection lifts up critical engagement with Foot’s naturalism to an entirely new level and therefore represents required reading for anyone who intends to work on it in the future.” (Sascha Settegast, Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Vol. 2, 2019)
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"It is no understatement to say that Hacker-Wright's collection lifts up critical engagement with Foot's naturalism to an entirely new level and therefore represents required reading for anyone who intends to work on it in the future." (Sascha Settegast, Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Vol. 2, 2019)
