Duty and desire apropos of worth

    - Let moral certainty (M) be defined as follows.

        M. A belief that one knows what norms morally bind one.

    - M requires a prior consensus regarding the cosmic fit.

        C. Consensus on what the cosmic fit implies for normative ethics.

    - C requires a quorum in advance of it.

        H. Humanity extant through to C.

    - Each of us has reasons to take M as an end, and with it C and H.
    - Formal warrant for these ends is given in the next section, material in a later section.


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     Formal warrant
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        M
            - Knowing that C is unattained at present, I am in a state of moral uncertainty.
            - I have reason to suspect that one or more norms are morally binding on me,
              of which I am ignorant.
            - Therefore I am duty-bound to make a best effort at learning what these norms are, if any.
                - I must take M as my end.
        C
            + Warrant.
                : see `^^postulate: M requires C` @ cosmic_fit.brec
        H
            + Warrant.
            + Address the objection that our existence is a mere premise of C.



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     On the two warrants
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        : re `two warrants` see `^^ Formal warrant$`
        : re `two warrants` see `^^ Material warrant$`
        default reasons
            + Explain how both warrants are based on default reasons.
                : see notebook:2021-10-9b
            ! The term ‘default reason’ conflicts with a prior term of art.
                - Already it is taken to mean a reason that is ‘only defeasible’, viz.
                  ‘a consideration which is a reason unless something prevents it from being so.’
                    : re `only defeasible` see http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2445/paper_6.pdf : general logic
                    : re `a consideration.+being so` see
                      https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/stable/27504295?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents
                      : ethics
                + Here name the prior concept a ‘presumptive reason’, a term that also is used.
                    / So a particular type of default reason.
                    : re `presumptive reason.+also.+used` see
                      https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/stable/27504295?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents
                      : ethics
                    + Likewise coin a precise term for the present concept.
        formal vs. material
            + Explain how one warrant concerns a form, the other a matter.
                : see notebook:2021-10-9b,c



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     Material warrant
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        + Find a material warrant that aligns with the formal warrant.
            - The heart of this is how the cosmic refuge aligns with our everyday cares
              and speaks to our need of meaningful basis for them, e.g. a larger purpose.
                : see notebook:2021-10-7a,b



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     Following through
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        + Warrant *following through*: why not simply end the ethic here?
            / Materially to follow through would begin with willing R′ and end with the fact of R′;
              formally it would begin with formulating R and end with formulating moral precepts.

            R. Rational action toward H, C and M.

        + Formulate a postulate to further the ethic.
            + Ground it primarily on similarities of form and function
              between a) a normative ethic, and b) the cosmic refuge.
                : see notebook:2021-10-9a
                - Both are formal and structural in cradling a thing of value.
                    : re `formal` see `formal vs.+material$`



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