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    If constraints are grounded in the particularity of indiv... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→There are absolute constraints on the subjective ends we may set, the means we may use, and how we may treat persons.

    If constraints are grounded in the particularity of individual projects and relationships, they are agent-relative and defeasible, not absolute and universal.

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    • 1.Moral obligations arise from commitments we make in specific relationships; a promise binds me to you, not universally to all.
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    • 2.Universal constraints cannot account for genuine moral dilemmas where two absolute duties conflict without resolution.
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    • 3.Empirically, people revise their core values when their life projects change, suggesting constraints are tied to particular contexts.
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    • 1.Some constraints (prohibitions on torture, slavery) seem binding regardless of individual projects, suggesting universality is possible.
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    • 2.Agent-relative constraints risk incoherence: if constraints depend only on my projects, why should you accept my claims against you?
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    • 3.Defeasibility requires standards for when constraints yield; without universal principles, defeaters become arbitrary.
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