The schizophrenia of modern ethical theories:

Abstract

It is desirable that we value what we seek, what motivates us; and it is desirable that we seek or be motivated by what we value. Without such harmony between value and motivation, life is schizophrenic, if possible at all. But it is impossible to be motivated by what modern ethical theories say is valuable–impossible, that is, if we are to achieve what is valuable or even what the theories say is valuable. Modern ethical theories offer us either a schizophrenia between value and motivation or a life deeply deficient in what is valuable.