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    It is not the case that There are true moral standards that depend on what would be rational for societies to choose.

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    • 1.Moral realists like Parfit argue that some moral truths (e.g., gratuitous cruelty is wrong) hold independently of any rational choice procedure.
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    • 2.If a rational society chose to endorse gratuitous cruelty, constructivism implies this would be morally true, yielding an intolerable conclusion.
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    • 3.A metaethical theory that cannot rule out such outcomes lacks the action-guiding authority moral standards are supposed to possess.
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    • 1.Rational choice procedures presuppose prior normative standards (e.g., what counts as 'rational'), making the construction circular.
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    • 2.If moral truth is grounded in rationality, rationality itself must be grounded in something non-constructed, undermining the constructivist foundation.
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    • 1.Moral standards are the output of a decision procedure that takes into account the needs and values of society and facts about society's circumstances.
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    • 2.What a rational society would choose constitutes moral truth.
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