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[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability ]

Full Idea

If we can make judgements about how we should live even after stepping outside of ourselves, they will provide the material for moral theory.

Gist of Idea

If we can decide how to live after stepping outside of ourselves, we have the basis of a moral theory

Source

Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], VIII.1)

Book Ref

Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.138