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    Historical religious traditions derive their ethical forc... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The foundational link that defines religion must be kept as open as possible, extended to every other without exclusion

    Historical religious traditions derive their ethical force precisely from their particular, bounded commitments, as MacIntyre argues in 'After Virtue'.

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    • 1.Universal ethical principles lack motivational force without embedded community practices that give them lived meaning and social weight.
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    • 2.Particular traditions provide narrative coherence and virtue development that abstract, decontextualized rules cannot sustain across generations.
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    • 3.Ethical authority requires acknowledged authority structures; boundedness creates the conditions for legitimate moral instruction and accountability.
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    • 1.Particularism risks moral parochialism; traditions often perpetuate injustices (slavery, patriarchy) precisely through their internal authority structures.
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    • 2.If ethical force derives only from particularity, cross-cultural moral critique and reform become conceptually impossible, not just practically difficult.
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    • 3.Modern pluralistic societies prove bounded traditions can coexist only if grounded in shared universal commitments that transcend any single tradition.
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