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but they are always subordinate.
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They must always be subordinate
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to the duties that we have to human beings
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as such, the universal duties.
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But is that right?
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If our encompassing loyalty should always take precedence
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over more particular ones,
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then the distinction between friends and strangers
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should ideally be overcome.
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A special concern for the welfare of friends
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would be a kind of prejudice,
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a measure of our distance from universal human concern.