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DeVliegendeHollander comments on What level of compassion do you consider normal, expected, mandatory etc. ? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 April 2015 06:23:20AM 0 points [-]

That is perfectly fine, however. Duty is that which whose violation invokes general social censure, shunning, basically that which carries the cost of being excluded as an asocial asshole. I think consequentualism knows only degrees, therefore this is rarely used so not a problem here.