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John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar

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The Moral Grammar of Battery

In each case we can kill one to save five, but we draw this distinction. We're following a rule that we're not even aware of," he says. The critical point is that these judgments are explainable with reference to principles or rules. "The moral grammar, at least in part, consists of a sensitivity to whether battery is being committed as a means to an end"

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