Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?

[Excited Penguin]

@ EP

Ummm just read your post:

In and of itself, James' donation could be considered as more morally relevant than John's, since it was bigger. But in the large scheme of things, his motivation for donating reveals something about his character, and thus probably something about his future behaviour - he could end up donating far less than John over the course of his life, simply because of the circumstantial nature of the motive that prompted him to make this particular donation. But in my book, what really counts in the end is the actual effect of our actions, not our intentions. Intentions only matter so far as they help us predict behaviour, otherwise they are meaningless.

Ummm... EP.... we're in full agreement here.

Is this the part where I tell you there is no proof for any of the claims you have made like you did with me, or can we agree?

P.S. I think you expressed yourself much more eloquently that I did too, so thank you.

-Hammy

I never made any kind of statistical claims, which is what I was referring to earlier when replying to your post.