Foot, Philippa

Virtues and vices and other essays in moral philosophy by Philippa Foot ( Book )
28 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,172 libraries worldwide
Philippa Foot is regarded as standing out among contemporary ethical theorists because of her conviction that virtues and vices are more central ethical notions than rights, duties, justice, or consequences. This book collects 12 of her essays published between 1957-77 and two new ones.

Theories of ethics by Philippa Foot ( Book )
15 editions published between 1967 and 2002 in English and Spanish and held by 1,102 libraries worldwide

Natural goodness by Philippa Foot ( Book )
17 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in English and German and held by 754 libraries worldwide
"Philippa Foot has for many years been one of the most distinctive and influential thinkers in moral philosophy. Long dissatisfied with the moral theories of her contemporaries, she has gradually evolved a theory of her own that is radically opposed not only to emotivism and prescriptivism but also to the whole subjectivist, anti-naturalist movement deriving from David Hume. Dissatisfied also with both Kantian and utilitarian ethics, she claims to have isolated a special form of evaluation that predicates goodness and defect only to living things considered as such: she finds this form of evaluation in moral judgements. Her vivid discussion ranges over topics such as practical rationality, erring conscience, and the relation between virtue and happiness, ending with a critique of Nietzsche's immoralism. This work is an exposition of an approach to moral philosophy, which represents a fundamental break away from the assumptions of previous debates."--BOOK JACKET.

Moral dilemmas and other topics in moral philosophy by Philippa Foot ( Book )
11 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide
"Moral Dilemmas presents the best of Professor Foot's work from the late 1970s to the 1990s. In these essays she develops further her influential critique of the 'non-cognitivist' approaches that have dominated moral philosophy over the last fifty years. She shows why it is a mistake to think of morality in terms of special psychological states, expressed in special kinds of judgement and a special 'moral' kind of language. Instead she portrays thoughts about the goodness of human will and action as a particular case of the evaluation of other operations of human beings, and indeed of all living things. Among other topics, she discusses moral relativism, utilitarianism, the nature of moral judgement, and practical rationality."--BOOK JACKET.

Morality and action by Warren Quinn ( Book )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 428 libraries worldwide

Virtues and reasons : Philippa Foot and moral theory : essays in honour of Philippa Foot ( Book )
9 editions published between 1995 and 2005 in English and held by 409 libraries worldwide

Morality and art by Philippa Foot ( Book )
4 editions published between 1970 and 1972 in English and held by 75 libraries worldwide

Theories of ethics ( Book )
31 editions published between 1967 and 2002 in English and held by 60 libraries worldwide

Die Wirklichkeit des Guten : moralphilosophische Aufsätze by Philippa Foot ( Book )
5 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in German and held by 55 libraries worldwide

Moral relativism by Philippa Foot ( Book )
3 editions published between 1977 and 1979 in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide