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    Challenges→The notational consequentializer is justified in accepting the first premise that any non-consequentialist theory can be recast as an act-consequentialist theory with equivalent deontic verdicts.

    Schroeder's 'teleologizing' objection establishes that agent-relative values required to mimic deontological constraints cannot be specified without covert reference to agent-relative obligations.

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    Agent-relative obligations(as used in ethics)
    Rules or duties that apply differently depending on who you are and your specific situation, rather than being the same for everyone in every circumstance.
    Agent-relative values(ethics and value theory)
    Values or principles that are specific to a particular person or their perspective, rather than being universal rules that apply to everyone equally.
    Covert reference(the claim that obligations are being sneakily relied upon in the definition)
    A hidden or indirect mention of something, rather than stating it openly and directly.
    Deontological constraints(as used in ethics)
    Hard rules about what actions are forbidden or required, based on duty and principles rather than on whether they produce good outcomes.
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    A contemporary philosopher who writes about moral psychology (how our minds handle morality and motivation). In this case, he's arguing a specific position about how desire and belief work together.
    Teleologizing objection(Schroeder's particular critique of a moral theory)
    A criticism that claims someone is sneakily treating something as goal-oriented or purposeful when they said they weren't.

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