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  1. Other interesting issues are raised in the Protagoras, such as Socrates’s thesis that no one does evil knowingly and his dispute of Protagoras’s claim that morality can be taught, but these are not as directly pertinent to the present discussion.

  2. For further discussion of this type of criticism of Gert, see Strong [12].

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Strong, C. Exploring questions about common morality. Theor Med Bioeth 30, 1–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-009-9092-6

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