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    Labeling benevolence 'non-maximizing' strategically lower... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A non-maximizing duty of benevolence can be balanced with special obligations without contradiction.

    Labeling benevolence 'non-maximizing' strategically lowers its demands without independent moral justification, making the supposed 'balance' a rhetorical rather than principled resolution.

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    Key Terms

    Maximizing (in ethics)(as used in ethics)
    The approach of trying to achieve the best possible outcome or do the most good you can in every situation.
    Moral justification(as used in ethics)
    A good ethical reason that explains why an action is right or acceptable.
    Non-maximizing(as used in ethics)
    An approach that doesn't require you to always pursue the absolute best outcome, but instead allows for good-enough results or actions that meet a reasonable standard.
    Principled resolution(philosophy of problem-solving)
    A solution to a problem that's based on clear, consistent rules or values rather than just guessing or compromising.
    benevolence(British tradition in ethics; Murdoch rejects this characterization as inadequate)

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    Being motivated to help others, taken in the British ethical tradition to be sufficient for bringing about what is good for the other
    rhetorical(as used in logic and argumentation)
    Relating to the art of persuasive speaking or writing—how someone uses language to convince people, not necessarily whether what they're saying is true.

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