9 January 2005 - moral duty

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Sustainable Ethical Ecology

There are two aspects to moral duty. First, you must maintain your own goodness. That will make others happy, because they can exploit you. Second, you must feel smugly superior about it, so that your losses doesn’t bother you.

clue:

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” — George Washington

take oh take this clue away

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