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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation?' and 'The View from Nowhere'
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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Something may be 'rational' either because it is required or because it is acceptable [Nagel]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard]
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If cockroaches can't think about their actions, they have no duties [Nagel]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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If we can decide how to live after stepping outside of ourselves, we have the basis of a moral theory [Nagel]
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We should see others' viewpoints, but not lose touch with our own values [Nagel]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty
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We find new motives by discovering reasons for action different from our preexisting motives [Nagel]
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