The main difference between "actual act principles" (like the harm principle) and "internal principles" (like the universalizability principle) is that
A) internal principles focus on the agent's motives for acting.
B) internal principles focus only on the immediate effects of an action.
C) actual act principles focus on the agent's actual motives for acting.
D) actual act principles concern how we ought to think about other people.

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Internal principles, like the universalizability principle, focus on the agent's motives for acting, while actual act principles, like the harm principle, focus on the actual consequences or outcomes of the action itself.

The Main Difference Between "Actual Act Principles" (Like the Harm