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    It is not the case that Nothing can rule out moral nihilism.

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    • 1.Moral nihilism is itself a substantive metaphysical thesis that requires justification, not merely the absence of disproof.
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    • 2.If no method can rule out nihilism, then no method can rule out non-nihilism either, making the asymmetric skeptical conclusion self-undermining.
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    • 3.Coherentist justification (Rawls's reflective equilibrium) does not require foundations that survive regress but still generates epistemic warrant.
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    • 1.The regress argument proves too much: applied universally it eliminates all knowledge, collapsing into global skepticism rather than specifically moral nihilism.
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    • 2.Wittgenstein's 'hinge propositions' framework shows that some claims function as bedrock commitments immune to further justification without thereby being unjustified.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Every method proposed for ruling out moral nihilism can be criticized.
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    • 2.The regress argument criticizes each such method in turn.
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