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    It is not the case that Scanlon's argument against consequentialism cannot be settled by attending to friendship alone, and must shift to the more general question about the nature of value

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    • 1.Scanlon's argument presupposes a conception of friendship's value as something we ought to respect as well as promote
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    • 2.This conception of friendship's value is at odds with the teleological conception of value
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    • 3.Because the disagreement is rooted in competing conceptions of value, the debate cannot be resolved merely by examining friendship
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