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  1. Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 43403-0222, Bowling Green, OH, USA

    Marvin Belzer

  2. Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 08903, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Barry Loewer

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Belzer, M., Loewer, B. Absolute obligations and ordered worlds. Philos Stud 72, 47–70 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989796

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