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    Supports→Moore's consequentialist thesis that one ought always to perform the best action possible is internally inconsistent with Moore's own moral conservatism.

    If 'ought' implies 'can know what to do', then Moore's unknowability claim does not resolve the contradiction but instead reveals that his framework lacks a coherent single standard of rightness.

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    Key Terms

    Moore(Moore's proof refers to his famous argument for the existence of external objects)
    G.E. Moore was an influential 20th-century philosopher known for defending common sense claims (like 'this is a hand') against skeptical arguments that doubt what we can know about the world.
    Single standard of rightness(as what a coherent moral theory should have)
    One clear, consistent rule or principle that determines what is morally correct or good.
    Unknowability claim(as Moore's position on whether we can understand goodness)
    An argument that something cannot be known or understood—in this case, Moore's idea that we cannot explain or define what 'goodness' actually is.
    coherent(de Finetti's usage in the context of the Dutch Book argument for probabilism)
    A subject is coherent if their unconditional degrees of belief do not permit a Dutch Book (a guaranteed loss through a combination of bets) to be made against them

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    contradiction(Relevant to distinguishing contradictions from false contingent statements in the logic student variant of the preface paradox.)
    A statement that is necessarily false in all interpretations; in this context, specifically the negation of a tautology or any falsehood drawn from a list containing only tautologies and contradictions.
    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.
    implies(as used in logic and argumentation)
    In philosophy, this means 'logically requires' or 'necessarily leads to'—if one thing is true, the other must also be true.
    ought(Deontic logic and normative theory)
    A strict (all-or-nothing) deontic modal, treated as a propositional operator

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