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    The claim conflates the application of a moral principle ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Virtuous action cannot be determined by fixed moral absolutes but requires attention to circumstance

    The claim conflates the application of a moral principle with the principle itself; circumstantial sensitivity in execution is compatible with the existence of inviolable moral absolutes.

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    Key Terms

    Compatible(in philosophical logic and analysis)
    Able to exist or work together without contradiction; two things are compatible if they can both be true at the same time.
    Conflate(the criticism being made in the statement)
    To mistakenly treat two different things as if they were the same thing.
    Inviolable(as used in ethics)
    Something that must never be broken, violated, or treated as unimportant; sacred or untouchable.
    circumstantial sensitivity(as used in ethics)
    The ability to adjust how you apply a rule based on the specific details and context of a particular situation.
    execution(as used in philosophy)
    The actual carrying out or application of something in practice, as opposed to just the theory or idea behind it.

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    moral absolutes(as used in ethics)
    Moral rules or principles that are always right or always wrong, no matter what the situation is.
    moral principle(Prichard's characterization, p. 4)
    A principle that specifies (a) a good thing which the action will produce and (b) a definite relation

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