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contractualist OP t1_izwju4q wrote

Reply to comment by subzero112001 in Why You Should Be Moral (answering Prichard's dilemma) by contractualist

What’s being valued isn’t living status or welfare but the power of agency. Agency isn’t agent-relative but it’s agency itself. It’s a possession which everyone has in equal capacity and no justifiable difference exists (you can’t say that one is more free than others).

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subzero112001 t1_izxc5lz wrote

>Agency isn’t agent-relative but it’s agency itself.

.......lol?

> It’s a possession which everyone has in equal capacity

No, they really don't have an equal capacity. Not hypothetically, realistically, or even in any manner is it equal.

> no justifiable difference exists (you can’t say that one is more free than others)

Agency over oneself compared to not having agency over another entity is a massive difference.

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There unfortunately seems to be some big lapse in mutual comprehension here.

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