Full Idea
Some actions are in accordance with virtue without requiring virtue for their performance, whereas others are both in accordance with virtue and such as to show possession of a virtue.
Gist of Idea
Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous
Source
Philippa Foot (Virtues and Vices [1978], p.13)
Book Reference
Foot,Philippa: 'Virtues and Vices' [Blackwell 1981], p.13
A Reaction
She cites the case of an honest trader, who is honest because of self-interest. She is disentangling Kant from his daft idea that only dutiful (and reluctant) actions are virtuous. Kant was only thinking of 'in accordance' cases.