… people like and respect them, they might want to become more moral not only to reach their
own moral standards but also to attain the reputational benefits of being viewed as a moral …

… It is often assumed that moral individuals want to be moral, to display moral integrity. But our
… want to appear moral while, if possible, avoiding the cost of actually being moral. We call …

… , or one containing fifty million people who are no more and no less happy? Many people
would be inclined to say that God would deserve more moral credit for creating the more …

… introduce a much more profound sense of moral psychology and cognitive science that does
have normative implications for our moral judgments. As it applies to moral theory, cognitive …

… and confusion in such a view, and will want to press on to the reasons for allowing and … ,
we need a theory of moral values, or if this is different, a theory of reasons for moral rules and …

… scope, if any, is minimal; the gods tend to have limited omniscience and limited moral
concern; they may want rituals and sacrifices, but care little about how people treat each other (…

… moral judgment for its (in)consistency with other moral commitments, where these commitments
are to one or more moral principles and (in some cases) particular moral … a more general …

… we know about other people’s characters. While most people may not be moral saints, we
… But there are plenty of other studies which do find people acting quite well from a moral …

… people’s more ordinary motives play a part; at least this is suggested when he remarks that,
if we really want people … we live so that moral conduct would more regularly be rational given …

… for the construction of moral theories. For although we find out what sort of moral philosophy
women want by looking to see what they have provided, if we do that for moral theory, the …