1. Would it make any sense to say that some of our moral duties have no good effects, but only cause human misery? Aren’t the consequences of an action what determines its rightness or wrongness? 2....

1. Would it make any sense to say that some of our moral duties have no good effects, but only cause human misery? Aren’t the consequences of an action what determines its rightness or wrongness?

2. Therefore, whenever we act we are always trying to serve our self-interest.