Markovits uses Jim's story not simply to resist utilitarianism, but to resist impartialist moral theories generally. |
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And there are further considerations that could be thrown on the scales of the impartialist side. |
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Somehow it does not easily mesh with the dominantly individualistic and impartialist tradition of moral theory. |
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This subordination of nationalist aims to universal cosmopolitan obligations is required, Tan argues, by an impartialist account of justice. |
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Nonetheless, it is not obvious that this extreme impartialist perspective is required by moral universalism. |
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Another strand, emerging out of moral psychology, feminism, and communitarianism, develops the notion of particularity, thus challenging the impartialist moral theories. |
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