that there are moral duties we owe ourselves, and that in light of this, philosophers need to significantly rethink many of their views about practical reason, moral psychology, politics, and moral emotions.
Among these views is the idea that divisions within a person's life enable her to relate to herself second-personally-that is, as though she were relating to a distinct other person-in the way required by morality. Further, there exist political duties owed to the self, which the state may coerce
persons to perform. This amounts to a novel argument for paternalistic law, which appeals to considerations of right, justice, and freedom in order to justify coercing a person for their own sake-a liberal justification for an idea typically thought to be deeply at odds with liberalism.