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    Challenges→It is irrational to make a lying promise to obtain needed money.

    If no general practice of promise-keeping existed, universalizing lying promises would not self-destruct but would instead produce a world without promises altogether, which is not logically incoherent.

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    Universalizing(as the problematic action described)
    Taking something specific to one group or tradition and claiming it applies to everyone or everything.
    general practice(as used in ethics)
    A shared custom or habit that most people in a society follow and rely on, like the expectation that promises should be kept.
    logically incoherent(in logic)
    When something doesn't make sense or contain an internal contradiction—it violates the rules of valid reasoning. Like saying 'I went to the store and I didn't go to the store' at the same time.
    lying promises(as used in ethics)
    Promises you make to someone with the intention of breaking them—you're lying about whether you actually plan to keep your word.
    self-destruct

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    A rule or action that destroys itself or becomes impossible once everyone follows it.

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