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    It is not the case that 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.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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    Reasons Against

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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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