Single Idea 4360

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies]

Full Idea

By far the easiest way of seeming upright is to be upright.

Gist of Idea

By far the easiest way of seeming upright is to be upright

Source

Richard M. Hare (Moral Thinking: Its Levels,Method and Point [1981], Ch.11)

Book Reference

Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.178


A Reaction

Yes. This is the route which takes us from enlightened self-interest to a vision of true morality. Virtue is found to be its own reward, thought that is not how we became virtuous to begin with.