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    It is not the case that Morality is the proper science and business of mankind in general

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    • 1.Hume demonstrated that moral judgments are grounded in sentiment and passion, not reason or demonstrable science.
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    • 2.If morality derives from affective responses rather than rational demonstration, it cannot be a 'science' in Locke's mathematical sense.
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    • 3.A capacity for moral feeling distributed across humanity does not entail that systematic moral knowledge is universally achievable or obligatory.
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    • 1.Nietzsche argued that the assignment of a single 'proper business' to all mankind suppresses legitimate human diversity and hierarchical excellence.
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    • 2.The naturalistic inference from 'fitted with a capacity' to 'ought to pursue that task' conflates descriptive endowment with normative obligation, committing a form of the is-ought fallacy Hume identified.
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    • 1.Morality is, like mathematics, a human science and properly-speaking knowledge
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    • 2.Humans are fitted with the capacity for discerning their moral duty
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    • 3.When beings are fitted with a capacity suited to a task, that task is what they ought to pursue
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