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The Demandingness Reply

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The demandingness reply: a principle that converts every comfort into rescue budget swallows whole lives, and morality that permits no projects of one's own overreaches.

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The violinist practicing six hours a day is not on strike against the world's suffering; a livable morality must be able to say so.