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Comment author: thomblake 12 May 2011 10:26:42PM 0 points [-]

Morality doesn't need to have anything to do with society or duty. Consider the case of an rational ethical egoist, to whom acting in one's self-interest and for one's own values is virtuous.

If that person is a human, and thinks that ethical egoism does not have anything to do with society or duty, then they are mistaken.

Comment author: michaelcurzi 13 May 2011 05:34:50PM 0 points [-]

Why?

Comment author: CuSithBell 13 May 2011 05:37:21PM 1 point [-]

I'd guess because humans often contain concepts of duty and the like, and have experiences vastly contingent on social / societal contexts.

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