Moral Motivation

John E. Hare
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John E. Hare: Yale University Divinity School

A chapter in Games, Groups, and the Global Good, 2009, pp 181-193 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper is about moral motivation from the perspective of Kantian moral philosophy. It looks at recent literature on the development of human sociality from within game theory, and argues that a retrieval of Kant’s views on moral theology would be helpful in understanding an aspect of this sociality. In particular, Kant’s view that we need to postulate the existence of God as sovereign of the kingdom of ends helps us understand the role of religion in making self-indexed and non-self-indexed motivation consistent (i.e., motivation towards a good which is specified with essential reference to the self and motivation towards a good which is specified without such reference). Kant’s complex views on divine punishment are also helpful, and his views on divine assistance in the production of moral motivation can help us understand the invocation of such assistance in signaling difficult commitment.

Keywords: Moral Agent; Moral Motivation; Categorical Imperative; Reciprocal Altruism; High Good (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85436-4_11

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