An idea from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

The claim that warm feeling adds no moral worth drew mockery in the 1790s. The poet Schiller joked that he helped his friends gladly, so he must not be virtuous. Many readers today answer that feeling doesn’t spoil a good act. It just isn’t what makes the act good.

From Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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