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    Supports→Attributive good being incomparable is compatible with good simpliciter always being comparable

    Good simpliciter concerns which outcomes of actions are better, and there is always an answer as to which of two actions leads to a better outcome

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    For example, one important argument against the incomparability of value was mentioned in the previous section. It is that incomparability would rule out the possibility of practical wisdom, because practical wisdom requires the ability to make correct choices even in complicated choice situations. Choices are presumably between actions, or between possible consequences of those actions. So it could be that attributive good is sometimes incomparable, because neither Mozart nor Rodin is a better

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