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    'Ought' implies 'can' — Carmelics
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    Challenges→We are not obligated to be totally devoted and unconditionally committed to each of two distinct beings

    'Ought' implies 'can'

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    There are at least two possible problems with this argument, however. First, the inference from 6 to 7 might seem suspect. For if “ought” does imply “can,” and it is impossible to be totally devoted and unconditionally committed to each of two distinct beings (as 10 says), then we aren’t under any obligation to do so. The truth of 10 implies the falsity of 7.

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