Friday, August 24, 2018

Egoistic Moral Motives

It is not easy or clear as to what are our natural motivating moral motives. Likely, there are several in the pots that drive us, our biological and spiritual origins. We are egoistic descriptively  and that is a primary normative requirement for us, commanded by the Good Spirits.

We are also motivated naturally and spiritually by altruistic drives, and desires. These drives should be elected (also instinctive of course) to be acted upon by us of our own free will, as normative behavior, as our moral motive of secondary rank (after egoistic  chasing after our desires). This is prescribed by the Good Spirits.

We now have our marching orders.  To act to please ourselves first, and to please and benefit society second. Of course, enlightened self-interest is really about the only way that society good is met. The deontological requirement is met. We must do our duty for the sake of the right moral motive first (to complete acquistion of our self-interest) and the consequences of this  good work benefits us and society in this world and the next as a result.

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