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Natural goodness
Book • 2001
In 'Natural Goodness', Philippa Foot presents a groundbreaking approach to moral philosophy by challenging non-cognitivist and subjectivist theories.
She argues that moral goodness is an aspect of practical rationality, rooted in the natural characteristics of living beings.
Foot's work critiques prominent philosophical arguments, offering a fresh perspective on ethics by linking moral evaluation to the natural flourishing of humans as living beings.
She argues that moral goodness is an aspect of practical rationality, rooted in the natural characteristics of living beings.
Foot's work critiques prominent philosophical arguments, offering a fresh perspective on ethics by linking moral evaluation to the natural flourishing of humans as living beings.
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Referenced as a book that goes into a more modernized version of how Greco-Roman ideas could make sense in light of modern science.
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The rival philosophies to Stoicism that you've never heard about (with Greg Lopez)
Mentioned as her final work, summarizing her life's work on ethics and moral philosophy.
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Philippa Foot
Mentioned as the central book being discussed in the episode regarding moral reasoning.
Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)
The group read the first four chapters of it to discuss basing ethics on the model of biology.
Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)
