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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 490-500 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Metaphilosophy |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Moral demands
- Moral worth
- Morality
- Paradox
- Paradoxical
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy