RE: An Argument For Ethical Egoism
June 16, 2019 at 7:07 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2019 at 7:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 16, 2019 at 5:47 pm)SenseMaker007 Wrote: No rational person thinks that they are morally obligated to do something that is impossible for them to do.Many of we marginally rational people think exactly that. There is no ought-can rule.
Most of us will seek to improve either our abilities or our situation seeking to fulfill those obligations that may be beyond us, and in the end..they may well prove to be - but it doesn't genuinely diminish the obligation, even if it provides us with some desert modification for failure.
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