Foot, Philippa(1920–) In the last half of the twentieth century, few philosophers figured as prominently and persistently in the central debates of English-speaking moral philosophy as Philippa Foot. Née Philippa Ruth Bosanquet, she was...

Philippa FootPhilippa Ruth Foot (1920-), (born Bosanquet) is a British philosopher, most notable for her works in ethics. She is one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics. Her work, especially her most recent work, may be seen as an attempt to...

PHILIPPA GAIL was one of the most beautiful women of her generation, and it was hardly surprising that, not long after leaving the Webber-Douglas School of Drama, she should make such an impact on Sixties television in The Troubleshooters, in which she played the...

FIRST PERSON In the 1970s, immunologist Philippa Marrack fell in love, twice. The first object of her affection was the T cell; its intricacies and mysteries captivated her. Then, she fell in love with investigator John Kappler, who, as fate would have it, also...

This is an essay that discusses the differences between moral judgments and hypothetical imperatives.