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Joseph Butler

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.

Joseph Butler

Respect

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Joseph Butler is saying that caring for others is connected to caring for ourselves in the same way that disliking others or having feelings about anything else is connected to self-interest. This means our feelings toward others are not separate from how we feel about ourselves, but are part of the same system of respect or regard.

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