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    Supports→The ideal observer theory of moral judgments fails to constitute the intrinsic worth of a person

    If ideal observer approval fully constituted worth, asking 'but does an approved person genuinely have worth?' would be trivially closed, yet the question remains substantively open.

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    Key Terms

    Constituted (or constitute)(in metaphysics and ontology)
    To make up or form the essential nature of something; if X fully constitutes Y, then Y is nothing more than X.
    Constitutive account (implied by the statement)(in metaphysics and metaethics)
    A theory that tries to explain what something really is by identifying the fundamental things that make it up or define it.
    Worth (or moral worth)(in ethics)
    The degree to which something has value or deserves respect, especially in terms of being treated as important or having inherent dignity.
    ideal observer(Ideal observer theory in metaethics)
    A hypothetical observer who is impartial, fully informed, but otherwise psychologically normal, whose reactions are proposed as constitutive of moral facts
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    A question that remains genuinely unsettled in a meaningful way; there's no clear, agreed-upon answer despite serious investigation.
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    A question that has an obvious, boring answer that doesn't need any further discussion—it's settled by definition alone.

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