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Full Idea
In her later work she offers a view of the relationship of morality to human nature, arguing that the moral virtues are part of what makes us good as human beings.
Gist of Idea
Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings
Source
report of Philippa Foot (Natural Goodness [2001]) by John Hacker-Wright - Philippa Foot's Moral Thought Intro
Book Ref
Hacker-Wright,John: 'Philippa Foot's Moral Thought' [Bloomsbury 2013], p.5
A Reaction
In this phase she talks explicitly of the Aristotelian idea that successful function is the grounding of what is good for any living being, including humans.
Related Idea
Idea 23686 Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]