A moral constraint that presupposes a discrete divide between persons inherits the instability of that presupposition, undermining the separateness objection's foundational premise.
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A rule or limit that ethics places on what you should do, acting as a restriction on behavior.
persons(Metaphysical units in reductionism)
Psychological units constituted by psychological continuity over time, serving as the basic moral units under Parfit's Moderate Claim.
separateness objection(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
A philosophical challenge to theories that treat people as completely separate and independent; it questions whether we can really ignore how connected people are to each other.