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Full Idea
If cockroaches cannot think about what they should do, there is nothing they should do.
Gist of Idea
If cockroaches can't think about their actions, they have no duties
Source
Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], VIII.3)
Book Ref
Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.150