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    A claim that requires divine cosmic justice as a hidden p... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Virtue is necessary and sufficient for true happiness.

    A claim that requires divine cosmic justice as a hidden premise is not a claim about virtue's intrinsic relationship to happiness but about God's bookkeeping.

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    • 1.If virtue's happiness requires external enforcement, the connection is contingent, not intrinsic to virtue itself.
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    • 2.Divine justice introduces a hidden premise that shifts explanation from virtue's nature to God's will and rewards.
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    • 3.Intrinsic relationships need no external guarantor; requiring one reveals reliance on external bookkeeping, not intrinsic bonds.
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    • 1.Divine justice might be the mechanism through which virtue's intrinsic connection to happiness is realized, not a hidden premise.
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    • 2.The claim conflates metaphysical explanation with logical structure; hidden premises don't automatically negate intrinsic relationships.
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    • 3.Natural law traditions argue virtue produces happiness intrinsically, with God as sustainer, not merely accountant of separate facts.
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