If consequentialism is even a serious candidate moral theory, then the claim that axiological formulations are necessarily incomplete presupposes a contested internalist deontological framework without justification.

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A systematic set of principles or rules that explains what makes actions right or wrong, and how we should behave toward others.

Necessarily incomplete(as used in logic and philosophy)

Unable to explain or cover everything it claims to cover, not just in practice but by its very nature.

Presupposes(as describing what Plantinga's argument takes for granted)

Assumes something to be true without proving it—like how an argument might presuppose that logic works, without first arguing that logic is valid.

consequentialism(Applied to terrorism and legal punishment)

The view that practices are judged solely by their consequences, such that a practice is wrong only if it has bad consequences on balance.

framework(Carnap's philosophy of language and logic)

A structured system of rules or language that must be in place for rational discourse to be possible.

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