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6 - Living Morally

from Part II - Moral Obligation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2023

Robert Audi
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
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Living morally is not just a matter of fulfilling one’s obligations, important though that is. It requires a stable pattern of moral conduct, which should not only meet the standards expressed by the commonsense principles described in Chapter 4 but also meet the two higher-level standards proposed in Chapter 5. Living morally does not require that everything we do be morally motivated, but it does require appropriate conduct. This is the three-dimensional kind of behavior identifiable by asking thick moral questions. These concern not just what we should do but also the other two dimensions of conduct: first, what our motivation would be and second, the manner in which we would act. How, in practice, we are to frame and sustain intentions to achieve good conduct is a difficult matter, and it calls for descriptions of the different kinds of guiding intentions that put moral conduct on life’s itinerary.

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Of Moral Conduct
A Theory of Obligation, Reasons, and Value
, pp. 116 - 136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Living Morally
  • Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Of Moral Conduct
  • Online publication: 08 June 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009266987.010
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  • Living Morally
  • Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Of Moral Conduct
  • Online publication: 08 June 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009266987.010
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  • Living Morally
  • Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Of Moral Conduct
  • Online publication: 08 June 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009266987.010
Available formats
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