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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
libertarianism <=> People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
self-control (temperance) <=> The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
justice <=> Treating others as they have a right to be treated
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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
classical utilitarianism <=> We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
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prima facie duty
{ 1 } - People have negative rights but not positive rights; so the state ought not to promote positive rights
{ 2 } - The rational control of our appetites (impulses and desires)
{ 3 } - Treating others as they have a right to be treated
{ 4 } - We ought always to do whatever brings about the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action
{ 5 } - A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
prima facie duty <=> A duty that holds if other things are equal; more precisely, a factor that tends in itself to make something our duty but can sometimes be overridden by other factors
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