Foot, Philippa

"Virtue involves knowledge of what matters."

"The natural basis of morality does not reduce morality to nature."

"We cannot separate intellectual from moral virtue."

"Patience is essential to the virtuous life."

"Moral understanding requires attention to detail and particularity."

"Virtues help us live despite human limitations and mortality."

"The good person recognizes their own dependence on others."

"Moral wisdom guides us through genuine dilemmas."

"Character shapes how we perceive and respond to the world."

"Virtue is not merely conformity to rules."

"The virtues enable genuine human autonomy."

"Moral education should cultivate dispositions, not merely compliance."

"We understand virtue partly through narrative and example."

"Virtues are means to human flourishing, not burdens."

"Courage involves facing what is genuinely difficult."

"Moral realism does not require certainty."

"The virtues reflect deep truths about human nature."

"Practical reasoning is central to virtuous action."

"Virtue requires both external circumstances and internal disposition."

"We become virtuous through association with virtuous people."

"Moral knowledge is not reducible to factual knowledge."

"The virtues sustain us through hardship and uncertainty."

"Understanding goodness involves emotional as well as rational understanding."

"Virtue is not opposed to pleasure rightly understood."

"The natural human good involves both individual and social dimensions."

"Moral sensibility develops through education and experience."

"Virtues are necessary for the meaningful life."

"Justice requires fairness in the distribution of goods and burdens."

"We discover moral truth through careful reflection on human practice."

"The virtuous person has the right response to the world."