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    It is not the case that A principle that licenses contradictory verdicts about the same object cannot be doing genuine normative work as an objective standard.

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    • 1.Context-sensitivity is compatible with objectivity: a principle can generate different verdicts for the same object-type in different circumstances while remaining objective.
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    • 2.Apparent contradiction may reflect the principle's genuine applicability: moral principles often pull in opposite directions, and honest acknowledgment of tension is normatively valuable.
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    • 3.Normative work includes constraining which contradictions are *permissible*: a principle that rules out some contradictions while allowing others still performs objective normative work.
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    • 1.Objective standards must be determinate: they must yield consistent outputs for identical inputs, or they fail to constrain behavior objectively.
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    • 2.If a principle licenses contradictory verdicts, it provides no guidance—agents can cite it to justify opposing actions, making it normatively inert.
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    • 3.Real normative authority requires distinguishing right from wrong; contradictory verdicts collapse this distinction, reducing the principle to mere rhetoric.
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