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6 - Living Morally
from Part II - Moral Obligation
Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Book:

Of Moral Conduct

Published online:

08 June 2023

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22 June 2023, pp 116-136
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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.