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    Challenges→A judgment of taste is not merely an idiosyncratic association of pleasure with an object.

    Systematic variation tied to contingent personal and cultural factors is the hallmark of idiosyncratic association, not universal normativity.

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    • 1.Moral intuitions vary systematically across cultures (e.g., honor codes, dietary norms), suggesting they track contingent factors rather than universal truths.
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    • 2.If normativity were universal, we'd expect convergence on core values independent of upbringing; divergence indicates cultural construction.
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    • 3.Personal psychology (trauma, temperament, experience) predictably shapes ethical commitments, proving contingency shapes apparent normativity.
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    • 1.Variation in *expression* of norms doesn't entail variation in underlying universal principles (e.g., all cultures prohibit harm, just differently).
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    • 2.Contingent factors influencing our access to normativity doesn't make normativity itself contingent—perception is not the same as constitution.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'systematic variation' with 'merely idiosyncratic,' ignoring that some variations follow rational constraints rather than arbitrary preference.
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