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Full Idea
The emotions of sympathy, compassion and love are no guarantee of right action or acting well.
Gist of Idea
The emotions of sympathy, compassion and love are no guarantee of right action or acting well
Source
Rosalind Hursthouse (On Virtue Ethics [1999], Ch.4)
Book Ref
Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.102
A Reaction
This is a critique of Hume, and of utlitarianism. It pushes us either to the concept of duty, or the concept of virtue (independent of right feeling).
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| 5236 | It is foolish not to be angry when it is appropriate [Aristotle] |
| 23911 | Possessors of a virtue tend to despise what reason shows to be its opposite [Aristotle] |
| 22590 | Virtue is concerned with correct feelings [Aristotle] |
| 6287 | If you lust after a woman, you have committed adultery [Jesus] |
| 8061 | If morality just is emotion, there are no external criteria for judging emotions [MacIntyre] |
| 6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
| 3221 | Our desires become important when we have desires about desires [Rey] |
| 4346 | The emotions of sympathy, compassion and love are no guarantee of right action or acting well [Hursthouse] |