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Philippa Foot's Theory of Natural Goodness

Author(s) -

Sanford S. Levy

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

forum philosophicum

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2353-7043

pISSN - 1426-1898

DOI - 10.35765/forphil.2009.1401.01

Subject(s) - rationality , goodness of fit , natural (archaeology) , foundation (evidence) , doctrine , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , law , statistics , political science , geography , theology , archaeology

Philippa Foot's book, Natural Goodness, involves a large project including a theory of natural goodness, a theory of the virtues, and a theory of practical rationality. Natural goodness is the foundation for the rest and is used to support a more or less traditional list of the virtues and a theory of reasons for action. Though Foot's doctrine of natural goodness may provide an account of some sort of goodness, I argue that it is not adequate as a foundation for practical rationality or as a defense of more or less traditional virtues.

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