Study Questions

  1. What is the difference between a categorical and a hypothetical imperative? Why do many people think that morality must be regarded as consisting of categorical imperatives?
  2. In what sense are the norms of etiquette nonhypothetical? Why does Foot deny that the norms of etiquette are categorical imperatives? Are moral norms relevantly different than the norms of etiquette?
  3. How does Foot respond to the objection that her view is “destructive of morality”? Do you find her response to this objection to be adequate? Why or why not?
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