In his essay “Why Be a Superhero? Why be Moral?”, from the collection Superheroes and Philosophy, C. Stephen Layman explores moral ambiguity. Layman tries to get the reader to come to a conclusion on whether it is practical for them to be morally righteous or not. To do this, he brings up five reasons to be morally righteous which he either disproves or claims aren't good enough. For most of his reasons, he's right to do so. The only reason which he incorrectly disputes is his second reason, "Because it is right". Being morally righteous is the right thing to do, because it's right.
Layman's first reason to be morally righteous is that someone might suffer negative consequences from doing the right thing. He uses an example of a story about
Layman's first reason to be morally righteous is that someone might suffer negative consequences from doing the right thing. He uses an example of a story about