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    Therefore, apparent moral dilemmas reveal mistaken moral ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Moral dilemmas are possible

    Therefore, apparent moral dilemmas reveal mistaken moral reasoning, not genuine irresolvable conflicts.

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    • 1.Moral truths are objective and logically consistent, so apparent conflicts indicate confused reasoning rather than reality.
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    • 2.Every seeming dilemma dissolves under careful analysis of priorities, contextual factors, or properly understood duties.
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    • 3.Accepting genuine dilemmas undermines moral realism and renders ethical reasoning rationally indefensible.
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    • 1.Real-world constraints create conflicts between legitimate duties that no amount of reasoning can harmonize.
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    • 2.Empirically, thoughtful agents applying valid moral frameworks reach incompatible conclusions about what to do.
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    • 3.The claim relies on undefended assumption that moral consistency must hold, which itself requires justification.
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