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    If coherentism is a viable response to the regress, the r... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The argument from moral explanations, the regress argument, and the skeptical hypothesis argument are mutually supportive.

    If coherentism is a viable response to the regress, the regress argument fails to establish the premise that moral nihilism cannot be ruled out, severing its supposed support for the skeptical hypothesis argument.

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    Key Terms

    Coherentism(Epistemology; theory of epistemic justification)
    A doxastic theory of justification holding that only beliefs can serve as evidence, and that justification derives from the internal coherence of a belief system
    Viable response(general philosophical reasoning)
    A solution or answer that actually works and successfully addresses the problem being discussed.
    moral nihilism(Associated here with Nietzsche's position that God's non-existence dissolves traditional western morality)
    The view that morality has no objective basis or reality
    regress argument(moral skepticism)
    An argument for moral skepticism that works generally by criticizing each method proposed for ruling out moral nihilism.
    skeptical hypothesis argument

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    An argument for moral skepticism whose crucial premise is that nothing can rule out moral nihilism.

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