# Furthering Philippa Foot

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**Created:** [June 15, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/furthering-philippa-foot/1367 "2026-06-15T22:56:26Z")\
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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](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](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/foot-morality-as-a-system-of-hypothetical-imperatives/1401)

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