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    It is not the case that The values at stake in a choice situation cannot on their own determine how heavily they weigh in that particular choice situation.

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    • 1.Values carry internal relational structures that include sensitivity conditions specifying when and how strongly they apply.
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    • 2.If a value's own nature encodes the conditions of its applicability, then the value itself determines its weight in context.
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    • 3.Aristotle's account of the virtuous agent perceiving salient features of situations shows value-sensitivity emerging from the value's content, not external factors.
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    • 1.Ross's prima facie duties are not context-neutral abstractions but duty-types whose binding force is constitutively tied to the morally relevant features of situations.
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    • 2.If the morally relevant features that generate a duty are internal to the duty's nature, the duty's weight in a situation is determined by its own structure, not by something external to it.
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    • 1.Values weigh differently depending on the circumstances of the choice.
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    • 2.If values alone determined their own weightings, those weightings would be fixed regardless of circumstances.
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