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    Supports→No choice between incomparable bearers of value is intelligible in the ways suggested by Raz or Finnis.

    Intelligibility of choice does not require reason-based grounding but can be secured by narrative coherence with the agent's prior commitments, as MacIntyre's virtue ethics tradition establishes.

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    Intelligibility of choice(as the main subject of the statement)
    Whether we can understand and make sense of why someone made a particular decision.
    MacIntyre(as a philosophical authority on virtue ethics)
    Alasdair MacIntyre is a Scottish philosopher who argued that morality and virtue are best understood through stories and the context of communities and traditions, not just abstract rules.
    Prior commitments(in epistemology and philosophy of language)
    Earlier claims or beliefs that someone has stated they believe, which can later be changed or taken back.
    Reason-based grounding(as a way to explain why choices make sense)
    Justifying a choice by pointing to logical reasons or rational arguments that led to it.
    Virtue ethics

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    An approach to ethics focused on developing good character traits (virtues like courage or honesty) rather than following rules or calculating outcomes.
    narrative coherence(one thing we might sacrifice in decision-making)
    When your life makes sense as a unified story with consistent values and a clear direction, rather than feeling fragmented or contradictory.
    tradition(Marx's characterization in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte)
    A dead weight on social progress and change.

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