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Virtues and Vices: and other essays in moral philosophy by Philippa Foot (Paperback, 2002)

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Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy, Paperback by Foot, Philippa R., ISBN 0199252866, ISBN-13 9780199252862, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK This paperbound reprint of a 1978 book (Blackwell Publishers and U. of California Press) contains 14 essays written by Philippa Foot between 1957 and 1977 on moral philosophy. Foot (emeritus, philosophy, UCLA) contends that virtues and vices are at the center of ethical theory. Some of the topics she addresses here include abortion, euthanasia, free will, the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche, and morality as a system of hypothetical imperatives. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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'Foot stands out among contemporary ethical theorists because of her conviction that virtues and vices are more central ethical notions than rights, duties, justice, or consequences - the primary focus of most other contemporary theorists. This volume brings together a dozen essays published between 1957 and 1977, and includes two new ones as well. In the first, Foot argues explicitly for an ethic of virtue, and in the next five discusses abortion, euthanasia, free will/determination, and the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment with emotivism and prescriptivism and their account of moral arguments. All the essays embody to some extent her commitment to an ethics of virtue... Foot's style is straightforward and readable, her arguments subtle, ingenious, and some of them important.' Choice