 In her treatment of abortion and euthanasia, Foot appeals to virtues of charity and justice. It is obvious, then, that the virtues play an important role in her conception of morality. On Foot’s account, there are three essential features of a virtue: first, a virtue is a disposition of the will; second, it is beneficial either to others, or to its possessor as well as to others; third, it is corrective of some bad general human tendency.