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A life of one's own

On the axis: Moral demandingness · a whole life

If we must give as long as any misery remains to be relieved, what legitimate room is left for my projects, my loved ones, my tastes? Does a morality that absorbs a whole life demand too much, or is it our comfort looking for excuses?

Anchors: Bernard Williams · Susan Wolf

leads to: Self-interest and others