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    It is not the case that Moral value is grounded in the objective good of sentient beings, not in the act of self-legislation, as Aristotle and Philippa Foot argue.

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    • 1.The 'objective good' of sentient beings cannot be specified without substantive value judgments that themselves require normative grounding.
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    • 2.Grounding morality in flourishing privileges particular conceptions of the good life, illegitimately constraining individual self-determination and diverse life-plans.
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    • 3.Sentience and flourishing lack the normative authority to obligate us morally unless we've already committed to valuing them as grounds for obligation.
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    • 1.Sentient beings have intrinsic capacity to suffer and flourish, providing an objective ground for moral value independent of human legislation.
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    • 2.Moral realism better explains our intuition that slavery was wrong even when legally permitted, suggesting morality transcends subjective decision-making.
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    • 3.Natural teleology in living beings (health, functioning, flourishing) provides objective moral facts without requiring autonomous rational will.
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