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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

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

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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

GR is justified because it can help us to live together more harmoniously and thus can make life better for everyone. So GR is a useful rule for promoting the good of society. <=> utilitarianism justification

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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

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

We follow GR because we care about others and hence want to treat them in a way that respects their inherent dignity as persons. <=> idealistic-desire justification

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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

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

Since an ought judgment is a universalizable prescription (and not a factual claim), "I ought to do A to X" logically commits us to the particular prescription "If the situation were reversed, let X do A to me." Thus violations of GR are violations of logical consistency. <=> prescriptivism justification

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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

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

We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to follow GR. <=> intuitionism justification

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We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR.

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

We ought to follow GR because, as all the major world religions recognize, God desires that we follow GR. <=> divine-command-theory justification

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