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    It is not the case that Morality cannot be just a system of absolute principles.

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    • 1.Moral reasoning requires making sense of cases in which there are moral reasons on both sides, both for and against an action.
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    • 2.A system of absolute principles cannot effectively accommodate conflict between moral reasons on different sides.
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    • 3.Therefore, a system of absolute principles is inadequate for capturing the full structure of morality.
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    • 1.Aristotle's phronesis demonstrates that practical wisdom requires context-sensitive judgment irreducible to rule-following.
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    • 2.If moral expertise consisted in applying fixed principles, the practically wise person would be replaceable by an algorithm.
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    • 3.No finite set of absolute principles can anticipate the morally relevant features of every novel situation moral agents will face.
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    • 1.Ross's prima facie duties show that features like promise-keeping and harm-prevention can each be overriding or overridden depending on context.
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    • 2.If any duty were truly absolute, Ross's cases of genuine moral conflict—where honoring one duty violates another—would be impossible, yet they plainly occur.
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