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    It is not the case that If moral rightness depended on circumstance, the same action-type could be simultaneously obligatory and prohibited, undermining coherent moral reasoning.

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    • 1.Circumstance-dependence doesn't entail simultaneous obligation and prohibition—different circumstances justify different moral verdicts.
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    • 2.Lying is sometimes obligatory (protecting innocents) and sometimes prohibited (deceiving for personal gain)—coherent reasoning accommodates this.
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    • 3.Moral reasoning routinely handles context-sensitivity (e.g., killing in self-defense vs. murder) without incoherence or paralysis.
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    • 1.Coherent moral reasoning requires stable principles that don't contradict themselves within a consistent framework or context.
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    • 2.If the same action-type is both obligatory and prohibited simultaneously, it violates the logical law of non-contradiction.
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    • 3.Agents cannot rationally act when a single action is simultaneously required and forbidden, paralyzing moral deliberation.
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