Philippa Foot Quotes on Virtue
Philippa Foot was a British analytic philosopher and one of the principal figures in the twentieth-century revival of virtue ethics. This page collects quotes attributed to Philippa Foot on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Philippa Foot:
“Goodness is, as it were, built into the very nature of human life.”
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“There is in fact a special connection between virtue and human happiness.”
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“Virtues are habits of the will.”
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“Hypothetical imperatives can be more demanding than categorical ones.”
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“The grounding of moral judgement is to be found in facts about what human beings are.”