ABSTRACT
In Section 2 , I’ll off er just a few of the many considerations that might be off ered in support of the view that in certain respects , we should treat persons, places, and times the same in our practical deliberations. In Sections 3 – 5 , the bulk of the article, I will off er considerations – some of them obscure and many of them controversial – in support of the view that often we may, and sometimes must, treat people, places, and times diff erently in our practical deliberations. In Section 6 , I’ll note a number of related issues that still need to be addressed. Despite all these hedges and qualifi cations, I hope to convince the reader that the issues raised in this article are interesting and important, and that they require much more attention than they have heretofore been given.
