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    Challenges→The values at stake in a choice situation cannot on their own determine how heavily they weigh in that particular choice situation.

    If the morally relevant features that generate a duty are internal to the duty's nature, the duty's weight in a situation is determined by its own structure, not by something external to it.

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    Internal to the duty's nature(in ethics)
    Qualities that are built into what the duty actually is, rather than coming from outside sources; part of the duty's essential definition.
    Intrinsic vs. extrinsic determination(in philosophy generally)
    Whether something is decided by its own inner nature (intrinsic) or by outside factors (extrinsic); the statement contrasts internal structure with external influences.
    Morally relevant features(the details that affect moral judgment)
    The facts about a situation that actually matter for deciding whether something is right or wrong.
    Weight (of a duty)(in ethics)
    How important or strong a duty is—how much it matters and how much it should guide your actions compared to other duties.
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    (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.

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