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Full Idea
All moral judgements are ultimately judgements as to the value of ends.
Gist of Idea
All moral judgements ultimately concern the value of ends
Source
Hastings Rashdall (Theory of Good and Evil [1907], VII.I)
Book Ref
Rashdall,Hastings: 'Theory of Good and Evil 1' [OUP 1907], p.184
A Reaction
I am increasingly struck by this, especially when observing that it is the great gap in Kant's theory. For some odd reason, he gives being rational the highest possible value. Why? Nietzsche is good on this. 'Eudaimonia' seems a good start, to me.