Greg Detre
22 February 2002
Dr Tasioulas
Foot, Natural Goodness
Foot, 'Virtues and vices' in Virtues and vices, or ch 1 - 170 Fo
Crisp, 'How should one live?' - 179.9 Cr
Blackburn, 'Spreading the word' - 401 Bl
Sosa�s long article (Tas doesn't like it)� in Lighter � Pathetic ethics goes through McDowell + Wiggins
Foot�s fave philosophers � Aristotle + Wittgenstein
neither of them saw philosophy as �visionary� (Strawson)
just providing a framework within which discussion should take place
but there�s not substantive list of virtues
working out that list is not a philosophical task � she�d be in no better position than say an enlightened religious leader
evolution pg 32 in Natural Goodness
Tas thinks she�s avoiding species-relativism???
will we come up with an objective list/converge within the framework???
she doesn't address that
Williams (last ch of EatLoP) agrees that sometimes self-interest trumps obligation
to what extent must well-being connect up with the subjective, e.g. do you have to say that you�re happy?
Williams � (ch 3?) any conception of human nature is going to underdetermine morality-virtues � first nature/natural science doesn't connect with morality
McDowell � focus on 2nd nature (as rational beings, found in culture/traditions)
danger � lapse into relativism
Festschrift for Williams � World, mind + ethics
paper by Nussbaum + response by Williams
non-relative virtues � Nussbaum in Sex + Social Justice
all virtues are situated in universal spheres � all forms of human life involve risk/danger, scarcity etc.
war-making as Aristotle necessity (Hegel)
Foot doesn't mention combat within species, only co-operation
read the Postscript
seduce them with the ethical birth-rod(???)
�space of reasons� � McDowell, borrowed from Sellars
how do reasons have differing strengths???
some reasons silence other reasons