Virtues and reasons : Philippa Foot and moral theory : essays in honour of Philippa Foot

Philippa Foot is one of the most original and widely respected philosophers of our time; her work has exerted a lasting influence on the development of moral philosophy. In tribute to her, twelve leading philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic have contributed essays exploring the various topics in moral philosophy to which she has made a distinctive contribution--virtue ethics, naturalism, non-cognitivism, relativism, categorical requirements, and the role of rationality in morality. Preface......Page 5 1 Practical Inference......Page 7 1......Page 8 2......Page 10 3......Page 16 4......Page 30 1. Professor Foot's Journey: Against Existentialism......Page 37 2. Professor Foot's Journey: More Landmarks......Page 43 3. A Place for Unbelief......Page 48 3 Applying Virtue Ethics......Page 56 4 Philippa Foot on Double Effect......Page 71 1. Introduction: Four Suggestions......Page 80 2.1. Clarification of the Second Orthodoxy......Page 88 2.2. Early Foot's Version of the Argument in Terms of Self-Interest......Page 91 2.3. Two Immediate Difficulties......Page 92 2.4. Major Difficulty 1: The Moral-Prudential Distinction......Page 93 2.5. Major Difficulty 2: The Particular Case Problem......Page 94 2.6. Major Difficulty 3: Problems for the Generality Defence......Page 97 2.7. Conclusion......Page 99 3. The End-Relative Account, and Foot's Fork: Early Foot and Middle Foot......Page 100 4.1. ER as a Proper Account......Page 104 4.2. The End-Relative and Traditional Conceptions......Page 109 4.3. The Different Range of Possible Errors......Page 111 4.4. Conclusion......Page 112 5.1. The Traditional Conception......Page 113 5.2. Differences between the Traditional and ER Conceptions......Page 116 5.3. A Problem for TC: A Kind of Akrasia as a Counter-example......Page 118 5.4. Another Problem for TC: Rational Indifference......Page 121 5.5. Misunderstandings of TC: (1) TC as a Version of ER......Page 124 6. Conclusion: The Traditional Conception and the Sense of the Second Orthodoxy......Page 126 6 Two Sorts of Naturalism......Page 128 7 Putting Rationality in its Place......Page 153 1......Page 154 2......Page 159 3......Page 168 4......Page 173 1. The Programme......Page 176 2. The Main Objection: Aristotle's Awareness of the Fact on which it Depends......Page 177 3. The Trait in Question: Aristotle's Seemingly Odd Conception of Gain......Page 178 4. Some Everyday Facts of Life Prefigured in the Rearing of Children......Page 181 2. What is Relativism?......Page 184 3. Why Resist Relativism?......Page 190 4. Contingent Principles......Page 196 1.1. Logic and Life......Page 206 1.2. Ethics and Life......Page 208 1.3. Ethics and Logic......Page 209 2.1. 'Signs of Life'......Page 210 2.2. Organization......Page 212 2.3. Stimulus and Response......Page 215 2.4. Vital Operation......Page 218 2.5. Summary of Results Reached So Far......Page 222 3.1. Reproduction and Homeostasis......Page 223 3.2. The 'Wider Context'......Page 226 3.3. The 'Wider Context' and Vital Description......Page 229 4.1. Natural-Historical Judgement......Page 233 4.2. The Irreducibility of this Form of Thought......Page 236 4.3. Is Natural-Historical Judgement 'Normative' Judgement?......Page 240 4.4. Conclusion: Goodness and Life......Page 242 11 Categorical Requirements: Kant and Hume on the Idea of Duty......Page 247 1. Preliminaries......Page 275 2. Doing and Not Doing......Page 276 3. Two Further Developments......Page 278 4. Omissions......Page 279 5. Omissions and Bringing About......Page 280 Papers and Replies......Page 283 Reviews......Page 284 "A short review cannot hope to do justice to all the interesting (and controversial) material to be found in these dedicatory essays."--Michael Slote, Philosophical Quarterly 'To be welcomed for more reasons than one. Most obviously, it is fitting that Foot's salutary influence on moral theory should be celebrated by such a fine set of papers ... the papers in the volume have much to offer.' - Times Literary Supplement 'The twelve contributors include many distinguished philosphers; their varied contributions go to a set of themes distilled in Foot's own collection Virtues and Vices ... still a great pleasure to read, with its unfailing clear-headedness, its harmony of conviction and modesty, and the honest and unfussy directness of its arguments. Moreover, it is still philosophically instructive and provocative; as the essays in this Festschrift show.' - Margaret Urban Walker, Fordham University, International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, Issue No. 146, June 1997 Philippa Foot is one of the most original and widely respected philosophers of recent years; her work has exerted a lasting influence on the development of moral philosophy. In tribute to her, twelve eminent philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic offer essays exploring the various topics in moral philosophy to which she has made a distinctive contribution. There are chapters on virtue ethics, naturalism, non-cognitivism, relativism, categorical requirements, and the role of rationality in morality. Virtues and Reasons offers at the same time an impressive demonstration of Professor Foot's continuing influence, and a selection of outstanding work in contemporary moral philosophy. 'to be welcomed for more reasons than one. Most obviously, it is fitting that Foot's salutary influence on moral theory should be celebrated by such a fine set of papers .. This collection of 12 essays, dedicated to philosopher Philippa Foot, examines various topics in moral philosophy to which she has made a contribution. Chapters explore virtue ethics, naturalism, non-cognitivism, relativism, categorical requirements, and the role of rationality in moral philosophy.