Philippa Foot
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[Revised entry by John Hacker-Wright on August 28, 2026.
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Philippa Foot wrote extensively on metaethics, moral psychology, and applied ethics, and authored Natural Goodness, a monograph introducing a distinctive form of ethical naturalism. Across her career, she defended the objectivity of morality against noncognitivist and subjectivist views, while engaging deeply with questions about moral reasons and motivation, notably revising her position on whether m
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Philippa Foot wrote extensively on metaethics, moral psychology, and applied ethics, and authored Natural Goodness, a monograph introducing a distinctive form of ethical naturalism. Across her career, she defended the objectivity of morality against noncognitivist and subjectivist views, while engaging deeply with questions about moral reasons and motivation, notably revising her position on whether m
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