Proponents of individualist formulations of contractualism might reply that, in some key cases, Parfit's intuitions are not neutral benchmarks, but rather reflect the considered moral judgements of a consequentialist mind.
In contrast, the control group students will be awaiting the next intervention in the coming weeks, so they might reply to the questionnaires in a more socially desirable way (declaring that they are non-smokers even if they smoke).
When someone says to the patients, "Pass the broccoli," they might reply, "What is broccoli?" In another, PPA or primary progressive aphasia, the spoken-language network disintegrates.
Anonymous, Phoenix If you are the fresh type (as my second-grade teacher put it), you might reply, "Why not eat in better restaurants?" That might quiet them down — or not.
He might reply that it was in Colombia's interest to give him more time to complete peace talks with the FARC guerrillas, for which a single four-year term proved too short.Mr Santos's move runs counter to the regional trend.
One might reply that persons' interest in having shared moral and political norms excludes a priori the possibility of an empty "eligible set" of justified proposals.
To which a parent of a teenager might reply: "Then don't lie around in bed at two in the afternoon".
The constructive empiricist might reply that we are not warranted in saying that the humanoids have the experience of viruses unless we already treat the humanoids as being part of our epistemic community (van Fraassen 1985, 256 257).
