Nagel says, "No further justification is needed to make it reasonable to take aspirin for a headache, attend an exhibit of the work of a painter one admires, or stop a child from putting his hand on a hot stove. No larger context or further purpose is needed to prevent these acts from being ..."
A) moral.
B) transcendent.
C) pointless.
D) meaningful.

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Nagel is saying that certain actions do not require a larger context or purpose to be reasonable, meaning they are not pointless.

Nagel Says, "No Further Justification Is Needed to Make It