Single Idea 5900

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty]

Full Idea

Our duty is to do certain things, but not to do them from the sense of duty.

Gist of Idea

We should do our duty, but not from a sense of duty

Source

W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §I)

Book Reference

Ross,W.David: 'The Right and the Good' [OUP 1930], p.6


A Reaction

A very nice remark, which pinpoints an aspect of Kant which makes most people feel uneasy. "I only came to visit you in hospital because it is my duty".