Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review“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)
Table of Contents1
Introduction: From Natural Goodness to Morality
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?”: Can Foot Convince the Skeptic?
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:
Rethinking the Relevance of Empirical Science
Parisa Moosavi
