The reflective equilibrium model presupposes that intuitions must cohere with principles, but strong near-universal intuitions about desert may themselves constitute moral data irreducible to theory.

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Cohere(as used in philosophy): To fit together logically without contradicting each other.
Irreducible to theory(as used in philosophy): Something that can't be fully explained by or broken down into existing theories—it stands on its own.
Moral data(as used in ethics): Basic facts or observations about morality that we start with, like 'it's wrong to hurt innocent people.'
desert(Cited as a backward-looking basis for justice that utilitarianism cannot straightforwardly accommodate.): What a person merits or is owed based on their past actions or conduct.
intuitions(Chudnoff's account of intuitions as the basis of a priori justification): Intellectual perceptions that sometimes reveal abstract reality, possessing a presentational phenomenology that can be evoked through imagination, reflection, or reasoning
principles(Explicitly equated with 'invariant reasons' in the passage): Invariant reasons — moral considerations that apply consistently regardless of particular circumstances
reflective equilibrium(Introduced by Goodman in the context of justifying induction): A methodological state reached when considered judgments and the inference rules that best explain those judgments are mutually coherent, achieved by iteratively revising either judgments or rules when conflicts arise

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