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    It is not the case that A learning model that forecloses necessity therefore undermines the developmental account of moral perception central to virtue ethics (cf. McDowell, 'Virtue and Reason').

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    • 1.Statistical learning models can exhibit developmental trajectories and adaptive responses without metaphysical 'necessity'.
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    • 2.The claim conflates epistemological accessibility of moral features with metaphysical necessity—distinct philosophical issues.
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    • 3.Some learning architectures preserve open-endedness and context-sensitivity without committing to necessity as McDowell requires.
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    • 1.Virtue ethics requires that moral perception develops through habituation and practice, not predetermined algorithms.
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    • 2.A learning model foreclosing necessity fixes moral responses, preventing the adaptive refinement essential to perceptual development.
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    • 3.McDowell's account demands that moral agents discover moral features as objective necessities through experiential engagement.
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