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    If benevolence is a genuine motivational faculty, then mo... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Moral normativity cannot extend beyond what is in the fundamental interest of agents.

    If benevolence is a genuine motivational faculty, then moral normativity can extend to others' welfare independently of agent self-interest.

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    • 1.Benevolence demonstrably moves people to act against self-interest, as shown by parental sacrifice and altruistic rescue.
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    • 2.If a faculty can motivate action, it can ground normative reasons independent of the agent's personal advantage.
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    • 3.Moral systems treating others' welfare as intrinsically valuable are more internally coherent than purely self-interested ones.
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    • 1.Apparent benevolence may be evolutionary adaptation or hidden self-interest (reputation, group benefit), not genuine motivation.
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    • 2.A motivational faculty existing doesn't entail its outputs generate objective moral norms—desires alone lack normative force.
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    • 3.Normativity requires bindingness on all agents; benevolence being selective undermines its claim to universal moral authority.
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