TY - JOUR
T1 - The wrong time to aim at what's right
T2 - When is de dicto moral motivation less virtuous?
AU - Aboodi, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Aristotelian Society.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - I argue that there are (only) two contingent factors that can render an instantiation of de dicto moral motivation - which is typically characterized by the agent's conceiving of her goal in moral terms such as doing what's right - less virtuous than some alternative motivation that would lead to the same (right) action: (1) the circumstances are such that it would be more virtuous to be moved directly by certain non-deliberative dispositions (such as an emotional attachment to one's spouse); or (2) the circumstances are such that de dicto moral motivation has practical disadvantages (such as generating unnecessary moral reflections that waste precious time).
AB - I argue that there are (only) two contingent factors that can render an instantiation of de dicto moral motivation - which is typically characterized by the agent's conceiving of her goal in moral terms such as doing what's right - less virtuous than some alternative motivation that would lead to the same (right) action: (1) the circumstances are such that it would be more virtuous to be moved directly by certain non-deliberative dispositions (such as an emotional attachment to one's spouse); or (2) the circumstances are such that de dicto moral motivation has practical disadvantages (such as generating unnecessary moral reflections that waste precious time).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00396.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00396.x
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AN - SCOPUS:84953861081
SN - 0066-7374
VL - 115
SP - 307
EP - 314
JO - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
JF - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
IS - 3
ER -