60, precepts      agents of reason conform more-or-less to the autotelic principle and together enforce it in society as moral law, particularly in modern (aka Western) democracies where it informs the basic structure of society      : re `informs the basic structure of society` cf. https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/doi/full/10.1177/07352751231169012 : ‘a recurrent conflict between security and freedom that has marked the evolution of capitalism’, referring to a dichotomy that accords (at least) with that of the two rights enforced      + seek further confirmation of this dichotomy, which I claim is basic to modern society      the autotelic principle is enforceable by means that are logically incontestable, even in a plural society, viz. tolerant of varied conceptions of morality      - formally the principle is a moral law, definitive of right \ the principle must be a moral law in itself (not merely in how one takes it), else we could not \ hang rights on it, meaning that in practice it might entail willing the sacrifice of innocents      a moral law = an absolute norm      the principle is an absolute norm      an absolute norm = a norm applicable in all contexts      the principle is a norm applicable in all contexts      the principle is a norm      a principle = a norm      the principle is applicable in all contexts      the principle is applicable in all contexts involving reason      normativity itself entails (involves necessarily) reason      normativity entails practice      practice entails practical reason      practice entails intention      intention entails ends      an end is soley a concept of practical reason      conformance, societal and personal: fact and explanation      - agents of reason often work by instinct and intuition, roughly conforming to the autotelic principle without immediately cognizing or thinking of its role as guide and ground of their actions \ Copyright © 2023 Michael Allan.