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    It is not the case that Therefore, Abraham's case provides no evidence of duties beyond social norms, only evidence of unverifiable private revelation.

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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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    • 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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