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    It is not the case that Individual rational autonomy is the ground of moral obligation, making duties self-legislated rather than cosmically assigned (Kant, Groundwork).

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    • 1.Rational autonomy varies by individual capacity; grounding obligations in it leaves those with limited rationality without moral standing.
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    • 2.Self-legislation cannot explain why I should prioritize others' interests equally; pure reason seems to permit rational egoism.
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    • 3.The claim that reason alone generates morality needs justification: why should rationality constitute moral authority rather than mere logic?
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    • 1.Only self-legislation avoids the problem of arbitrariness: external cosmic commands lack justification for why we should obey them.
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    • 2.Autonomy is intrinsically valuable; moral systems respecting it preserve human dignity better than heteronomous duty systems.
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    • 3.We can rationally derive universal moral principles from reason alone, making duties grounded in our rational nature, not external sources.
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