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    It is not the case that Moral normativity cannot extend beyond what is in the fundamental interest of agents.

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    • 1.Hutcheson's moral sense theory grounds normativity in benevolent affections that are structurally other-directed, not self-interested.
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    • 2.If benevolence is a genuine motivational faculty, then moral normativity can extend to others' welfare independently of agent self-interest.
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    • 1.Kant argues that moral normativity derives from rational autonomy and the categorical imperative, which binds agents regardless of their contingent interests.
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    • 2.A principle binding all rational agents categorically cannot be reducible to what serves any particular agent's fundamental interests.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Moral normativity has an essential connection to the motivations of agents.
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    • 2.The motivations of agents are fundamentally self-directed.
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