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    Therefore, P1 mischaracterizes sentimentalist theories by... — Carmelics
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    Therefore, P1 mischaracterizes sentimentalist theories by conflating universal affective capacities with contingent personal interests.

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    • 1.Sentimentalists distinguish between universal moral sentiments (compassion, fairness) and idiosyncratic personal preferences (taste in music).
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    • 2.Conflating these categories undermines sentimentalism's claim that morality grounds in shared affective responses, not arbitrary individual interests.
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    • 3.P1's critique misses that sentimentalists invoke capacities everyone possesses, not contingent desires only some people happen to have.
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    • 1.The boundary between 'universal capacities' and 'contingent interests' is porous—which sentiments count as universal depends on contestable empirical claims.
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    • 2.P1 may accurately identify that sentimentalism still relies on how individuals actually feel, making moral facts dependent on actual psychological states.
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    • 3.Even universal affective capacities require triggering conditions that vary by person, potentially collapsing the capacity/interest distinction sentimentalists need.
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