Second, we have to be able to believe (as Kant argued) that the universe sustains morality in the sense that it is worthwhile trying to be morally good.
The conviction that moral goodness not only deserves reward but is rewarded is nevertheless an article of faith and hope that sustains morality.
(c) Such theories distract people from recognizing, and working to reinforce, the real foundations of morality: not an imaginary theoretical insight of some sort, but a set of causal mechanisms for inculcating and sustaining the moral sentiments.
The starting point of the capability approach is that the equality that matters morality or that we are morally required to sustain is equality of freedom of some sort.
In China's curriculum, the Chinese course will be defined to stimulate and sustain students' love towards Chinese, enhance their morality and esthetic sentiment, develop the patriotism and establish the socialistic common dream.
The critic Edward B. Savage asserts that despite the lack of a moral compass in virtually all the main characters, Busenello's plot is itself essentially moral, and that "this morality is sustained by the phenomenon of dramatic irony".
"Maybe they sold a little bit of their souls, but at the very core, it's a good family, and you really get to take a look at how hard it is to sustain that level of power, how hard it is to sustain your morality, your real belief system, in the midst of so much power".
For instance, Adam Smith knew that market capitalism relies on a shared social morality (to secure things like trust) which capitalism does nothing to create or sustain.
Morality, thus "inevitably leads to religion" (6:6), since we need the latter in order to sustain or fully realize our commitment to the former.
