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  21. We would like to thank Joseph Chan, Helena Siipi, Susanne Uusitalo and the anonymous referee of Journal of Value Inquiry for helpful comments on the earlier version of this manuscript.

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    Juha Räikkä & Marko Ahteensuu

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Räikkä, J., Ahteensuu, M. The Role of Prohibitions in Ethics. J Value Inquiry 39, 27–35 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-006-1343-4

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