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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2025 · 47 MIN

Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life · host Mark Linsenmayer

On Natural Goodness (2001). Can we base ethics on the model of biology? Foot argues that just as we understand what a healthy specimen of a plant or animal is, so there is a natural way for humans to work properly, which will include the ability to will according to reflective reasoning. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsor: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.

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