If we were required to sacrifice our own interests whenever doing so was best overall, or prohibited from doing so unless it was optimal, then we would be mere sites for the realization of value. Our interests, not ourselves, would wholly determine what we ought to do. We are not mere sites for the realization of value – instead we, ourselves, matter unconditionally. So we have options to act suboptimally. These options have limits, grounded in the very same considerations. Though not merely such sites, you and I are also sites for the realization of value, and our interests (and ourselves) must therefore sometimes determine what others ought to do, in particular requiring them to bear reasonable costs for our sake. Likewise, just as my moral status grounds a requirement that others show me appropriate respect, so must I do to myself.

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道德地位和以代理人为中心的选择

如果我们被要求在整体上最好的时候牺牲自己的利益，或者除非它是最佳的，否则禁止这样做，那么我们将只是实现价值的场所。我们的利益，而不是我们自己，将完全决定我们应该做什么。我们不仅仅是实现价值的场所——相反，我们自己无条件地发挥作用。因此，我们可以选择采取次优行动。基于相同的考虑，这些选项都有局限性。虽然不是仅仅这样的网站，你我都是还实现价值的网站，因此我们的利益（和我们自己）有时必须决定其他人应该做什么，特别是要求他们为我们承担合理的成本。同样，正如我的道德地位要求别人给予我适当的尊重一样，我也必须对自己这样做。