komponisto comments on Knowledge doesn't just happen - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 23 January 2011 08:04:16PM 4 points [-]

A philosophy professor recently told me that one of the few things philosophers agree on is that there can't be a moral obligation to do the impossible-- ought implies can

Some dispute this; there is a concept of (bad) "moral luck".