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Philippa Ruth Foot FBA (/ ˈ f ɪ l ɪ p ə ˈ f ʊ t /; née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics. Her work was inspired by Aristotelian ethics. Along with Judith Jarvis Thomson, she is credited with inventing the trolley problem.
Aug 17, 2018 · Philippa Foot. First published Fri Aug 17, 2018; substantive revision Thu Dec 9, 2021. Philippa Foot wrote many articles treating issues in metaethics, moral psychology, and applied ethics, as well as one monograph on moral philosophy. Throughout her career, she defended the objectivity of morality against various forms of noncognitivism and ...
Oct 5, 2010 · A 'grande dame of philosophy', she pioneered virtue ethics. Jane O'Grady. Tue 5 Oct 2010 13.23 EDT. The moral philosopher Philippa Foot, who has died aged 90, started a new trend in ethics. She...
Philippa Foot has for decades been one of Oxford’s best-known and most original ethicists. Her groundbreaking papers won her worldwide recognition but at the dawn of the new century she has finally published her first full-length book. Editor Rick Lewis asked her about goodness, vice, plants and Nietzsche.
Oct 9, 2010 · By William Grimes. Oct. 9, 2010. Philippa Foot, a philosopher who argued that moral judgments have a rational basis, and who introduced the renowned ethical thought experiment known as the...
Feb 27, 2019 · Introduction. Philippa Foot (b. 1920–d. 2010) is one of the leading philosophers of 20th-century analytic philosophy. Her two collections of essays and her one monograph include important contributions to debates concerning the objectivity of morality, the meaning of moral terms, the logical status of moral judgments, the nature of practical ...
Feb 22, 2001 · Abstract. Philippa Foot sets out a naturalistic theory of ethics, which she calls ‘natural normativity’ and which is radically opposed to the subjectivist, non‐naturalism tradition deriving from David Hume and to be found in G. E. Moore and modern theories of ethics influenced by Moore, such as emotivism and prescriptivism.
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