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    Challenges→The Coherentist Procedure may require revising pre-theoretical judgments about which outcomes an agent ought to prefer.

    Bernard Williams's integrity objection shows that pre-theoretical judgments about agent-relative preferences often track deep commitments to personal projects and relationships, not mere moral intuitions.

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    Agent-relative preferences(as contrasted with universal moral rules)
    Preferences or values that matter specifically to *you* as an individual person—like caring about your own family or your own projects—rather than preferences that apply equally to everyone.
    Bernard Williams(as a defender of Humean philosophy)
    A late 20th-century British philosopher who wrote influential works on ethics, questioning whether morality can be truly objective and exploring the role of personal projects and desires in a good life.
    Personal projects(as what makes individual lives meaningful)
    Goals, pursuits, or commitments that give your life meaning and direction—like becoming a musician, raising a family, or writing a novel—as opposed to abstract moral duties.
    Pre-theoretical judgments(as the starting point for philosophical reflection)
    Intuitions or gut feelings we have about what's right or important *before* we try to build a formal philosophical theory to explain them.

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    integrity objection(Bernard Williams' moral philosophy, primarily in 'Utilitarianism: For and Against' and 'Moral Luck')
    Williams' critique of utilitarianism that concerns not whether utilitarianism prescribes the right actions, but whether the kind of deliberative considerations utilitarianism employs (impersonal aggregation of utilities) adequately accounts for the agent's personal moral commitments and projects
    moral intuitions(Metaethics discussion of intuitionism)
    Intellectual seemings — cognitive states in which certain moral propositions appear true to the subject

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