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This talk gives a programmatic sketch of a new approach to moral theory \;&ndash\; in particular\, to the distinction between \;moral \;and \;non-moral \;reasons. The central idea is that the moral reasons that an individual has all arise from the reasons of the various \;groups \;to which the individual belongs. The theory comes in four stages. First\, there are the \;pre-moral \;reasons of individuals \;&ndash\; reasons to pursue one&rsquo\;s own well-being or self-improvement or worthwhile personal projects or the like. Second\, there are the reasons of \;groups\, which depend on the pre-moral reasons of the individual members of those groups\; these group reasons are in a sense \;political \;or at least &ldquo\;proto-political&rdquo\; in character. Third\, there are \;the individual's \;moral \;reasons\, each of which arises from the reasons of some group to which the individual belongs. Finally\, there are principles about how these reasons are to be \;weighed \;against each other\, to determine what the individual should do all things considered\; intuition suggests that sometimes the moral reasons that arise from \;smaller \;groups may be weightier than the moral reasons than arise from \;larger \;groups. \;

ORGANIZER;CN=Kyle H. Blumberg: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR