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    Supports→The regress argument's premise that moral beliefs require a certain kind of justification is supported by the skeptical hypothesis argument.

    The skeptical hypothesis argument establishes the need for justification by pointing to a contrary possibility that has not yet been ruled out.

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    Conversely, one crucial premise in the regress argument claims that no moral belief can be justified non-inferentially. Another crucial premise, (8), claims that an inference cannot justify its conclusion unless its premises are justified. These premises claim, in effect, that a moral belief needs a certain kind of justification. One way to establish this need is to point to a contrary possibility that is not yet ruled out. That is what the skeptical hypothesis argument does. Another way to conf

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