According to Foot, "to explain an action is not necessarily to show that it could have been suppressed from some fact about the agent's character-that he is weak, greedy, sentimental, and so forth. We may if we like say that an action is never fully explained unless it has been shown to be covered by a law which connects it to such a character trait."

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Foot argues against the notion that explaining an action always requires linking it to a character trait like weakness or greed. She suggests that not all actions need to be explained by such traits, challenging the idea that a full explanation must connect an action to a character flaw or specific trait according to a law.

According to Foot, "To Explain an Action Is Not Necessarily