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    It is not the case that Learning morality initially from examples and authority is not inconsistent with morality being grounded in a priori intuition

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    • 1.Mathematical development moves toward formal proof that bypasses authority entirely, but moral 'maturity' retains irreducible dependence on socially-validated intuitions.
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    • 2.If moral intuitions cannot be validated independently of the social contexts that shaped them, the analogy to a priori mathematical insight collapses.
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    • 1.Wittgenstein and Rawls both show that moral competence is constituted by trained responses within practices, not by access to mind-independent truths.
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    • 2.If moral intuitions are themselves the product of contingent habituation, they cannot serve as evidence for a priori moral facts without begging the question.
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    • 1.Mathematics is also learned initially through concrete examples and reliance on authority
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    • 2.As understanding develops, mathematical truths come to be grasped in a way that is not dependent on experience
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    • 3.Moral understanding may follow the same developmental pattern as mathematical understanding
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