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    Therefore, Abraham's case provides no evidence of duties ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→There exist genuine duties that cannot be justified in terms of social norms.

    Therefore, Abraham's case provides no evidence of duties beyond social norms, only evidence of unverifiable private revelation.

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    • 1.Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac violated contemporaneous social norms, suggesting motivation beyond social conformity.
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    • 2.Private revelations are inherently unverifiable, making them unsuitable as evidence for objective moral duties.
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    • 3.Without independent confirmation, we cannot distinguish genuine divine commands from psychological delusion or rationalization.
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    • 1.Rejecting all unverifiable claims as evidence eliminates the possibility of knowing about non-empirical moral realities.
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    • 2.Abraham's willingness to obey could demonstrate duty to God as a genuine moral obligation, not merely private experience.
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    • 3.The claim assumes social norms are the only verifiable moral standard, but this itself requires philosophical justification.
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    The claim assumes social norms are the only verifiable moral standard, but this ...There exist genuine duties that cannot be justified in terms of social norms.Without independent confirmation, we cannot distinguish genuine divine commands ...

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