ABSTRACT
The fact that people lack a non-partisan justification in moral terms does more than limit the sort of justification they can offer the moral hero. The moral hero is clearly as preoccupied with moral assessments as the Calvinist, although the content of his moral ideals is of course different. He would call the performance of a painful duty, or a sacrifice, or heroism, morally good primarily when it was intended to increase the fulfilments of him or others. While the Calvinist, at times at least, would call dutiful acts morally good even when they have non-humane consequences. However, this merely indicates the difference between humane and non-humane moral commitments. Unlike most men, a Calvinist will attach little importance to a justification in terms of eudemonic goodness, at least as concerns the conduct of his personal life. The critics of eudemonic appeals include a fair number of moral philosophers.
