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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 Ref
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.
4125 | Hare says I acquire an agglomeration of preferences by role-reversal, leading to utilitarianism [Hare, by Williams,B] |
4126 | If we have to want the preferences of the many, we have to abandon our own deeply-held views [Williams,B on Hare] |
4127 | If morality is to be built on identification with the preferences of others, I must agree with their errors [Williams,B on Hare] |
4360 | By far the easiest way of seeming upright is to be upright [Hare] |
22483 | A judgement is presciptive if we expect it to be acted on [Hare] |