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    It is not the case that Thus primitivism about normativity as a generic feature is compatible with reductive analyses of particular normative properties like goodness or obligation.

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    • 1.If normativity is genuinely primitive, reductive analyses of particular normative properties seem to undermine that primitiveness.
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    • 2.Accepting primitive normativity creates explanatory pressure to derive all normative properties from it, not reduce them independently.
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    • 3.The claim conflates logical independence (primitiveness) with metaphysical heterogeneity, without justifying why normativity would be mixed.
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    • 1.Some normative concepts (like 'ought') may be irreducibly primitive while others (like 'good') admit reductive explanation.
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    • 2.A theory can be layered: primitive normative structure at the foundation with derivative normative properties built upon it.
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    • 3.Not all properties within a domain require uniform metaphysical status; normativity may have both primitive and non-primitive instances.
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