The Moral Aspect of Nonmoral Goods and Evils
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Michael Zimmerman, Professor and Philosophy Pre-Law Concentration Advisor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The idea that immoral behaviour can sometimes be admirable, and that moral
behaviour can sometimes be less than admirable, has led several of its supporters to
infer that moral considerations are not always overriding, contrary to what has been
traditionally maintained. In this paper I shall challenge this inference. My purpose in
doing so is to expose and acknowledge something that has been inadequately appreciated,
namely, the moral aspect of nonmoral goods and evils. I hope thereby to show
that, even if immorality can be admirable (and morality less than admirable), this poses
no threat to morality.
The Moral Aspect of Nonmoral Goods and Evils
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Utilitas, 11 (1999): 1-15
- Language: English
- Date: 1999
- Keywords
- immoral behavior, good, evil, moral behavior, nonmoral