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yesterday i was thinking that it was kinda curious that he discussed consequentialist modes (hedonism, utilitarianism) and didn’t have separate categorizations revolving around duty, but then i realized it might be odd to speak of the primacy of obligation in presumably voluntary friendship
which is not to say he neglects it by any means, it features prominently and often all over the place, but typically role-based relationships (parental/familial, economic) and in discussions or virtues and their lack
i feel like it’s anthropological significant and revealing more than anything