BonJour's internalist critique establishes that a mental state can confer justification only if the subject has cognitive access to its justificatory status, which transforms the state into a belief-like entity subject to further normative assessment.
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The view that it is a logical or conceptual truth that some degree of motivation is internal to a moral judgment itself — that making a genuine moral claim entails being motivated to some degree.
Mental state(philosophy of mind)
A condition of your mind at a particular moment, like believing something, feeling afraid, or having a visual experience.
Normative assessment(refers to assessing God morally or ethically)
Judging something according to standards of what is right, wrong, good, or bad—making a moral or ethical evaluation.
justificatory status(epistemology)
The quality of being a good reason or piece of evidence for believing something.