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    It is not the case that Hutcheson's moral sense theory holds that benevolent affective responses are immediate and non-inferential, requiring no prior rational moral principles to function reliably.

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    • 1.Moral sentiments vary dramatically across cultures in ways suggesting learned principles shape affective responses, not vice versa.
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    • 2.Benevolence toward distant strangers requires abstract reasoning about duties, not mere immediate emotional response to present suffering.
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    • 3.Immediate affects like disgust or tribal preference conflict with moral benevolence, suggesting reason must override raw affective impulses.
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    • 1.Moral intuitions about suffering feel immediate and don't require conscious reasoning, suggesting non-inferential emotional bases.
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    • 2.Children show spontaneous compassion before developing explicit moral principles, supporting an immediate affective foundation.
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    • 3.If all moral judgment required prior principles, infinite regress would result; immediate sentiments offer a necessary foundational stopping point.
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