Quick thought experiment. Premise: We tend not to rule out *possibility* private acts with no predictable bad results are morally wrong.
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But if it would have been wrong even if private, then why not thoughts? His act(s) are probably thought to be indicative of lack of virtue.
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But no reason to suppose that thoughts can't manifest & betray lack of virtue.
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I do tend to the view, for example, that if all your sexual fantasies involve the violent degradation of women, then... morally problematic.
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I'm reminded of Irish Murdoch and her account of an entirely internal (mental) journey into virtue, (against Ryle.)
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I'm assuming Irish Murdoch exists in a possible world where we're all living in the Emerald Isle! :)
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She only wrote one book explicitly about Ireland, so I don't think so. Definitely a possible world where Oxford exists :)
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Unless you noticed how you'd spelled Iris, my tweet probably made no sense!
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Doh! Missed that (and Iris was born in Dublin, so that didn't help!). Interesting discussion. Question probably hinges on effect on thinker.
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