Caring Beings and the Immanence of Value: An Inquiry into the Foundations of Interpersonal Morality

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By what authority does morality make its demands? In this essay I argue that we find that authority within ourselves, immanent to - not necessarily the character - but the very fact of our own self-concern.

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Richard Oxenberg
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