Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Philosophers in Depth (PID)
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“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)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philippa Foot on Goodness and Virtue
Editors: John Hacker-Wright
Series Title: Philosophers in Depth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91256-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91255-4Published: 22 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08208-6Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91256-1Published: 09 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-552X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5538
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 317
Topics: Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Modern Philosophy