The Basis of Morality
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Does not virtue lead to happiness? Is it not a condition of happiness?How does the Christian define virtue? It is obedience to the Will ofGod. But he only obeys that Will as "revealed" so far as it agrees withUtility. He no longer slays the heretic, and he suffers the witch tolive. He does not give his cloak to the thief who has stolen his coat, but he hands over the thief to the policeman. Moreover, as HerbertSpencer pointed out, he follows virtue as leading to heaven; if rightconduct led him ...to everlasting torture, would he still pursue it? Orwould he revise his idea of right conduct? The martyr dies for the truthhe sees, because it is easier _to him_ to die than to betray truth. He could not live on happily as a conscious liar. The nobility of aman's character is tested by the things which give him pleasure. Thejoy in following truth, in striving after the noblest he can see--thatis the greatest happiness; to sacrifice present enjoyment for theservice of others is not self-denial, but self-expression, to the Spiritwho is man.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Does not virtue lead to happiness? Is it not a condition of happiness?How does the Christian define virtue? It is obedience to the Will ofGod. But he only obeys that Will as "revealed" so far as it agrees withUtility. He no longer slays the heretic, and he suffers the witch tolive. He does not give his cloak to the thief who has stolen his coat, but he hands over the thief to the policeman. Moreover, as HerbertSpencer pointed out, he follows virtue as leading to heaven; if rightconduct led him ...to everlasting torture, would he still pursue it? Orwould he revise his idea of right conduct? The martyr dies for the truthhe sees, because it is easier _to him_ to die than to betray truth. He could not live on happily as a conscious liar. The nobility of aman's character is tested by the things which give him pleasure. Thejoy in following truth, in striving after the noblest he can see--thatis the greatest happiness; to sacrifice present enjoyment for theservice of others is not self-denial, but self-expression, to the Spiritwho is man.
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