Philippa Foot > Quotes

“You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has talked for a bit, you don’t understand your question any more.”
― Philippa Foot

“If the Martians take the writings of moral philosophers as a guide to what goes on on this planet they will get a shock when they arrive.”
― Philippa Foot, FOOT:VIRTUES & VICES & OTHER ESSAYS IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY PAPER: And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy

“Anyone who thinks about it can see that for human beings the teaching and following of morality is something necessary.”
― Philippa Foot, Natural Goodness