The paradoxical relationship between morality and moral worth

Saul Smilansky

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00386.x

The paradoxical relationship between morality and moral worth

Saul Smilansky

Department of Philosophy

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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
Pages (from-to)	490-500
Number of pages	11
Journal	Metaphilosophy
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00386.x
State	Published - 2005

Keywords

Moral demands
Moral worth
Morality
Paradox
Paradoxical

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Philosophy

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