Virtues and Reasons

Philippa Foot and Moral Theory: Essays in Honour of Philippa Foot
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-823793-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Twelve leading philosophers here examine a range of current issues in moral theory, in a tribute to Philippa Foot, whose influence on contemporary ethics is apparent throughout.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hursthouse, Rosalind

Lawrence, Gavin

Quinn, Warren

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

About Philippa Foot:

Philippa Foot has been associated with Oxford University since 1939, when she started her PPE degree. She taught and worked at Somerville College from 1947 to 1969, and has been a Fellow since 1949. From 1969 to 1991 she worked in the USA, holding Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Cornell, MIT, UCLA, Washington, Berkeley, the Graduate Centre at CUNY, the Society for the Humanities at Cornell, Princeton, and Stanford; from 1976 she held the post of Professor in Residence at UCLA.
She is the author of Virtues and Vices (1978) and the editor of the volume on Theories of Ethics in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series (1967). She is one of the founding members of OXFAM, and all royalties from sales of this volume will be donated to that charity.