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    Challenges→A principle that licenses contradictory verdicts about the same object cannot be doing genuine normative work as an objective standard.

    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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    Applicability(as used in logic and ethics)
    Whether or how well something can be applied or used in a particular situation.
    Normatively valuable(as used in ethics)
    Considered good or important when it comes to how we should act or what we should believe.
    Tension (in moral philosophy)(as used in ethics)
    A situation where two principles or values seem to conflict with each other and push you in opposite directions.
    moral principles(Used to explain how moral judgement is epistemologically possible.)
    Regularities connecting the non-moral features of actions to their moral properties (rightness or wrongness).

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