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    Challenges→A realistic account of human psychology cannot straightforwardly ground the universal scope and intersubjective validity of moral judgments

    Hume's sentimentalist program demonstrates that universal moral judgments can be grounded in shared affective responses without requiring motivation that transcends human psychology.

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    Hume, David(as referenced for identifying the is-ought problem)
    An 18th-century Scottish philosopher famous for pointing out that you can't logically jump from describing how things are to claiming how they ought to be.
    affective responses(as used in aesthetics)
    Your emotional or feeling-based reactions to something, like how a piece of music makes you feel sad, happy, or energized.
    grounded in(whether distinctness or identity is explained by intrinsic features)
    To be explained by or to have its reason or basis in something else—like how a tree being wet is grounded in (explained by) recent rain.
    moral judgments(as used in ethics)
    Decisions or conclusions about what is right, wrong, good, or bad—like deciding whether lying is acceptable or if helping others is important.

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    sentimentalist program(describes Hume's overall theory about where morality comes from)
    A philosophical approach that says our moral beliefs come from our emotional reactions and shared feelings rather than from logic or abstract principles.
    transcends human psychology(describes what motivation does NOT need to be based on in Hume's view)
    Goes beyond or rises above the normal emotions, desires, and ways our minds naturally work.

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