According to Midgley, a contemporary Westerner who wanted to justify the Japanese practice of "trying out one's new sword on a chance wayfarer" would have to
A) appeal to classical Japanese moral standards, which we could not understand.
B) explain the Japanese practice in terms of ideals that we can understand, such as discipline and devotion.
C) prove that Japanese practice would be equally appropriate in our own culture.
D) provide empirical evidence that Japanese wayfarers accepted the practice and so, in some sense, consented to being killed.

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Midgley argues that a contemporary Westerner would have to justify the Japanese practice of "trying out one's new sword on a chance wayfarer" in terms of ideals that we can understand, such as discipline and devotion. Simply appealing to classical Japanese moral standards or proving that Japanese wayfarers accepted the practice would not be sufficient. Instead, the justification must be rooted in universal moral principles that transcend cultural differences.

According to Midgley, a Contemporary Westerner Who Wanted to Justify