moral theories (utilitarianism, for example) also say that there are objective moral principles that an individual should follow. If one supposes that an individual has come to accept a DCT on the basis of a philosophical argument (for example, one that argues that a DCT explains morality better than any competing theory), then it is hard to see how this could undermine the moral agent’s autonomy. Rachels’ requirement that the individual form moral beliefs on the basis of reason and/or arguments