Quote: while moral positions are a matter of individual choice, there are still objective standards for which an excuse is unacceptable; e.g., inadvertently stepping on a baby

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In a way, what claims we enter and … of individual choice, yet in a way it … time there are standards, and your position defines … there will be cases of such a nature … "We may plead that we trod on the … feet. Of course it was (really), if you … of standards. And if you try it on, … [of pleading inadvertence] will be worse than your first [of stepping on the baby]." [Philosophical Papers, pp. 142-143].   Google-1   Google-2

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