Conscience Fanaticism An Essay On Moral Values
Conscience Fanaticism An Essay On Moral Values
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This would be characterized (and 20 THE MEANING OF MORAL OBLIGATION 21 was, in fact, characterized) as an immoral act of unscrupulous aggression. But he might defend his action thus : " Granted that so many thou- sands of soldiers and citizens will be slain, and the land cleared of its inhabitants. In a few years the land so cleared will produce increased harvests of gold and grain. More food will mean an increase of human productiveness and an increase of population ; thriving townships and fa...rmsteads will support a people more numerous and richer in the comforts which make life desirable than could have existed without my action. Therefore on the Utilitarian hypothesis my action was right and good, and deserved, not reprobation, but approval. " Not only is this position not admitted by Utilitarians, but John Stuart Mill long ago pointed out that such a hypothesis " is to mistake the very meaning of a standard of morals, and to confound the rule of action with the motive of it. It is the business of Ethics to tell us what are our duties, or by what test we may know them ; but no system of ethics requires that the sole motive of all we do shall be a feeling of duty.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This would be characterized (and 20 THE MEANING OF MORAL OBLIGATION 21 was, in fact, characterized) as an immoral act of unscrupulous aggression. But he might defend his action thus : " Granted that so many thou- sands of soldiers and citizens will be slain, and the land cleared of its inhabitants. In a few years the land so cleared will produce increased harvests of gold and grain. More food will mean an increase of human productiveness and an increase of population ; thriving townships and fa...rmsteads will support a people more numerous and richer in the comforts which make life desirable than could have existed without my action. Therefore on the Utilitarian hypothesis my action was right and good, and deserved, not reprobation, but approval. " Not only is this position not admitted by Utilitarians, but John Stuart Mill long ago pointed out that such a hypothesis " is to mistake the very meaning of a standard of morals, and to confound the rule of action with the motive of it. It is the business of Ethics to tell us what are our duties, or by what test we may know them ; but no system of ethics requires that the sole motive of all we do shall be a feeling of duty.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Pitt Rivers to read onlineMoreLess
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