W. D. Ross (1877-1971) on the Right and the Good
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Moral goodness is quite distinct from and independent of rightness, which (as we have seen) belongs to acts not in virtue of the motives they proceed from, but in virtue of the nature of what is done. Thus a morally good action need not be the doing of a right act, and the doing of a right act need not be a morally good action.
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