According to Nagel, it is legitimate to modify our basic methods of moral reasoning only

when

a. historical studies show that the origins of the reasoning is questionable.
b. anthropological research discredits the methods of reasoning.
c. moral reasoning itself reveals a problem or inconsistency.
d. psychological studies indicate that the moral reasoning process is unsound.
e. biological research shows that the reasoning is not adaptive.


c

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