One reason may be that there is sort of an existential question hanging at the edge of moral actions, namely does anything really matter? Moral action is the e

One reason may be that there is sort of an existential question hanging at the edge of moral actions, namely does anything really matter? Moral action is the epitome of the belief that at least something matters, and matters a whole lot. And perhaps it is precisely through moral action that we get an experiential understanding of moral value. So, if through 'moral competence' we disengage from moral action, then we may lose the very reason we seek to make a moral difference in the first place.