The paradoxical relationship between morality and moral worth

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Abstract

If the social environment were arranged so that most people in the West could, with relatively little effort, be morally good to a reasonable degree, would this be a good thing? I claim that it is not entirely obvious that we should say yes. This is no idle question: mainstream Western social morality today seems to be approaching the prospect for a morality that is not taxing. This question has substantial theoretical interest because exploring it will help us understand the paradoxical relationship between morality and moral worth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)490-500
Number of pages11
JournalMetaphilosophy
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Moral demands
  • Moral worth
  • Morality
  • Paradox
  • Paradoxical

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy

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