Foot, Philippa

"We underestimate the moral importance of what we do out of habit."

"Justice is not merely a formal structure but requires understanding human worth."

"The person of virtue takes pleasure in doing what is right."

"Our emotions are not obstacles to morality but essential components of it."

"Moral growth requires honesty about our failures and limitations."

"The virtues form a system where each supports and strengthens the others."

"We cannot separate questions about the good from questions about human nature."

"Virtue is a matter of getting our desires and emotions properly aligned."

"The flourishing life is available to human beings as such, regardless of circumstance."

"Moral understanding requires patient attention to the complexities of human living."

"We are social creatures whose virtues must be exercised in community."

"The good we pursue is not arbitrary but rooted in human nature itself."

"Virtue allows us to see both our own and others' dignity clearly."

"Natural facts about human beings constrain what counts as a virtue."

"The virtuous person is not enslaved by their appetites or fears."

"Moral education is fundamentally about shaping character, not merely conveying information."

"We can understand morality only by understanding the human form of life."

"The vicious have cut themselves off from genuine human goods."

"Practical wisdom is the capacity to deliberate well about what conduces to the good life."

"Our judgments about virtue must be constrained by facts about human nature and needs."

"The virtues are not merely individual achievements but social practices."

"Moral improvement requires both intellectual understanding and emotional transformation."

"We honor the virtuous person precisely because their character demonstrates what is genuinely good."

"Natural goodness in a thing depends on how it characteristically functions."

"The human good includes but is not limited to pleasure or preference satisfaction."

"Virtue requires the integration of our rational and emotional natures."

"We cannot achieve excellence in isolation from the human community."

"Moral facts are facts about what conduces to genuine human flourishing."

"The virtuous person has learned to want the right things for the right reasons."

"Resentment and indignation are moral emotions that signal genuine wrongdoing."