So you should give money to charity because it is objectively true that giving money to charity is good, and not because you want to further the goals of the charity?
It is true that Paris is the capital of France. I should believe that, because it is true, but why 'should' I go to Paris, just because I should believe that Paris is the capital of France?
No, the should of 'You should behave morally' is because you want to obtain certain goals, and moral behaviour is the behaviour which reaches those goals.
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Date: 2008-11-28 06:42 pm (UTC)It is true that Paris is the capital of France. I should believe that, because it is true, but why 'should' I go to Paris, just because I should believe that Paris is the capital of France?
No, the should of 'You should behave morally' is because you want to obtain certain goals, and moral behaviour is the behaviour which reaches those goals.