ABSTRACT
Direct altruism, I have argued, is a form of motivation distinct from Kantian-type motivation. It is, moreover, meant to be the kind of motivation involved in the altruistic emotions. That is, sympathy, compassion, and concern are forms of direct altruism. And so, vindicating the moral value of direct altruism as a motive entails a vindication of the altruistic emotions as motives.
