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    Challenges→The Coherentist Procedure may require revising pre-theoretical judgments about which outcomes an agent ought to prefer.

    If such judgments encode agent-relative values that are independently defensible on non-consequentialist grounds, then their revision by the Coherentist Procedure begs the question against the target theory rather than vindicating it.

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    Key Terms

    Agent-relative values(ethics and value theory)
    Values or principles that are specific to a particular person or their perspective, rather than being universal rules that apply to everyone equally.
    Coherentist Procedure(Applied when building act-consequentialist counterpart theories)
    A method for constructing an act-consequentialist counterpart to a non-consequentialist theory, which may require revising pre-theoretical judgments to achieve reflective coherence.
    Non-consequentialist(ethics)
    An ethical approach that judges actions based on whether they follow the right rules or duties, rather than judging them based on their outcomes or consequences.
    Target theory(as used in ethics)
    The specific ethical framework or standard being used as the main reference point for evaluation.

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    Vindicating(The statement contrasts what Davidson's argument actually does versus what it might seem to vindicate)
    Proving something correct or justified; showing that a claim deserves to be believed.
    begs the question(Informal fallacy in epistemic justification)
    A circular argument in which warrant for the premises already presupposes the truth of the conclusion

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