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    Challenges→The tension between cosmopolitanism and local attachments is real but unproblematic

    Calling a tension 'unproblematic' while it generates irresolvable first-order moral conflicts conflates theoretical acknowledgment of tension with the practical problem of action guidance.

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    Key Terms

    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    Tension(between virtue and happiness in this philosophical debate)
    A conflict or contradiction between two ideas that seem hard to fit together—when something appears to pull in opposite directions.
    action guidance(as used in ethics)
    Actual help in deciding what to do in a real situation—whether a theory or principle can tell you how to act when you face a difficult choice.
    first-order moral conflicts(as used in ethics)
    Real, practical disagreements about what's right and wrong in actual situations—not just disagreements about the theory of ethics itself.
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    (as used in describing conflicts)
    Something that cannot be solved, fixed, or made to go away, no matter what you try.
    theoretical acknowledgment(as used in philosophy)
    Simply admitting or recognizing that something exists as an idea or in theory, without actually dealing with its real-world consequences.

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