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    It is not the case that Intuitionist philosophers like Ross and Prichard distinguished between having a justified moral belief and being able to give a discursive account of its justification.

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    • 1.Inability to articulate justification may indicate lack of genuine understanding rather than two separate capacities.
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    • 2.The distinction lacks clear criteria: what counts as 'having' vs 'articulating' a justified belief remains unclear.
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    • 3.If justification is inexpressible in principle, it becomes impossible to distinguish it from mere conviction or prejudice.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.We demonstrably know many truths (math, perception) without articulating formal justifications for them.
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    • 2.Requiring discursive justification creates infinite regress: each justification needs its own justification.
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    • 3.Moral perception may function like sensory perception—immediate and justified without argumentative reconstruction.
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