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We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

    { 1 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 2 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 3 } - intuitionism justification
    { 4 } - divine-command-theory justification
    { 5 } - utilitarianism justification

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We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

Violating impartiality is inherently bad and thus ought other-things-equal to be avoided. <=> prima-facie-duty justification

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We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

    { 1 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 2 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 3 } - intuitionism justification
    { 4 } - divine-command-theory justification
    { 5 } - utilitarianism justification

We strive for impartiality because it promotes our desire to be fair toward others. <=> idealistic-desire justification

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

    { 1 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 2 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 3 } - intuitionism justification
    { 4 } - divine-command-theory justification
    { 5 } - utilitarianism justification

We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that universalizability is true and that we ought to be impartial. <=> intuitionism justification

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

    { 1 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 2 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 3 } - intuitionism justification
    { 4 } - divine-command-theory justification
    { 5 } - utilitarianism justification

We ought to be impartial because God desires this. <=> divine-command-theory justification

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5 is correct!

We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone.

    { 1 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 2 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 3 } - intuitionism justification
    { 4 } - divine-command-theory justification
    { 5 } - utilitarianism justification

We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone. <=> utilitarianism justification

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