Furthering Philippa Foot

I’m not intending this thread as a mere exegesis. Hence the “furthering” in the title.

But by all means, we could delve into Morality As A System Of Hypothetical Imperatives.

Here’s a link: https://sites.pitt.edu/~mthompso/readings/foot_mshi.pdf

She argues against Categorical Imperatives as foundational to moral claims, and specifically addresses the difference between etiquette, and ethics: that ethics is important. It’s deontology that makes ethics into etiquette, not Foot.

Anyone want to go through it step by step?

(Addenda: No reply to that question. I set it up anyway: Foot: Morality As A System Of Hypothetical Imperatives

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