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| 20992 | Right and wrong concerns what other people cannot reasonably reject [Scanlon] |
| Full Idea: Thinking about right and wrong is, at the most basic level, thinking about what could be justified to others on grounds that they, if appropriately motivated, could not reasonably reject. | |
| From: Thomas M. Scanlon (What We Owe to Each Other [1998], Intro) | |
| A reaction: The tricky bit is that the acceptance by others must be 'reasonable', so we need a reasonably objective view of rationality. Don't picture your neighbours, picture the locals when you are on holiday in a very different culture. Other Nazis? |