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    Challenges→A non-maximizing duty of benevolence can be balanced with special obligations without contradiction.

    If benevolence tracks genuine moral urgency, directing disproportionate resources toward intimates in the presence of greater unmet need elsewhere violates the duty's own internal logic regardless of whether it is labeled 'maximizing'.

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    Key Terms

    benevolence(British tradition in ethics; Murdoch rejects this characterization as inadequate)
    Being motivated to help others, taken in the British ethical tradition to be sufficient for bringing about what is good for the other
    disproportionate resources(as used in ethics)
    Giving much more money, time, or help to some people than is fair or reasonable compared to others' needs.
    duty(The author argues 'duty' carries a different sense than 'expediency' even under a consequentialist theory.)
    What one is morally obligated to do; distinct in meaning from expediency though potentially co-extensive with it.
    genuine moral urgency(as used in ethics)
    A real, serious ethical need that truly matters and deserves immediate attention—not just something we think matters.
    internal logic

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    (as used in philosophy)
    The consistent reasoning and rules that something is based on; when those rules contradict themselves, something violates that logic.
    intimates(as used in ethics)
    People you have close personal relationships with, like family members, close friends, or loved ones.
    maximizing(as used in ethics)
    A strategy of trying to produce the greatest possible good overall, rather than favoring particular people.
    tracks(as used in philosophy)
    Follows along with or corresponds to something; means that if one thing is true, the other is also true.
    unmet need(as used in ethics)
    A real, important problem or lack of something that a person or group has but is not being addressed or helped with.
    violates(as used in ethics)
    Breaks or goes against a rule, principle, or obligation.

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