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A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

    { 1 } - refusing to make moral judgments on the issue.
    { 2 } - using "ought" in a way that doesn't express a universalizable prescription.
    { 3 } - saying that he doesn't care about being inconsistent and irrational.
    { 4 } - desiring that he and his family be put in concentration camps and killed if they were Jewish.
    { 5 } - any of the above strategies.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

Then we can't refute his moral views, because he doesn't have any. We can't beat him at the game of morality if he doesn't play the game.

But the other escapes are possible too.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

    { 1 } - refusing to make moral judgments on the issue.
    { 2 } - using "ought" in a way that doesn't express a universalizable prescription.
    { 3 } - saying that he doesn't care about being inconsistent and irrational.
    { 4 } - desiring that he and his family be put in concentration camps and killed if they were Jewish.
    { 5 } - any of the above strategies.

Such a Nazi could reject the GR consistency condition. But then his use of "ought" is peculiar and misleading. He'd do better to avoid moral language and just say that he wants to mistreat Jews.

But the other escapes are possible too.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

    { 1 } - refusing to make moral judgments on the issue.
    { 2 } - using "ought" in a way that doesn't express a universalizable prescription.
    { 3 } - saying that he doesn't care about being inconsistent and irrational.
    { 4 } - desiring that he and his family be put in concentration camps and killed if they were Jewish.
    { 5 } - any of the above strategies.

Then he's admitted that we've refuted him.

But the other escapes are possible too.

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

    { 1 } - refusing to make moral judgments on the issue.
    { 2 } - using "ought" in a way that doesn't express a universalizable prescription.
    { 3 } - saying that he doesn't care about being inconsistent and irrational.
    { 4 } - desiring that he and his family be put in concentration camps and killed if they were Jewish.
    { 5 } - any of the above strategies.

Such a Nazi could be consistent. But only a crazy person would have such desires.

But the other escapes are possible too.

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5 is correct!

A Nazi can evade the GR argument by

    { 1 } - refusing to make moral judgments on the issue.
    { 2 } - using "ought" in a way that doesn't express a universalizable prescription.
    { 3 } - saying that he doesn't care about being inconsistent and irrational.
    { 4 } - desiring that he and his family be put in concentration camps and killed if they were Jewish.
    { 5 } - any of the above strategies.

So the GR argument is strong, but not inescapable. The argument becomes decisive for a person who wants to make genuine moral judgments on the case in a consistent way and doesn't have crazy desires.

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