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[from 'The View from Nowhere' by Thomas Nagel, in 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology ]

Full Idea

"Rational" may mean rationally required or rationally acceptable

Gist of Idea

Something may be 'rational' either because it is required or because it is acceptable

Source

Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], X.4)

Book Reference

Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.200

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