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A Tanner Lecture series ends by noting that the author of this argument “must have been alone in his room with the Scientific World View” while writing it, since it neglects “people, and the other animals.” Jonas Olson’s four formulations of this argument are targeted by the “partners in crime” and “companions in guilt” strategies. This argument points to Samuel Clarke’s theory of “fitness” and Plato’s Forms as a “dramatic picture” of intrinsic “action-guiding” requirements. This argument, which is critiqued at the end of Christine Korsgaard’s The Sources of (*) Normativity, (-5[1])rejects the existence of a “special faculty” (-5[1])for perceiving entities that are “utterly different from anything else in the universe.” It (10[1])occupies Chapter 9 (10[1]-5[1])of a book that opens, (-5[1])“There are no objective (10[1])values.” For 10 points, (-5[1])what argument for moral error theory from J. L. Mackie’s Ethics is named for the strangeness of moral properties? (10[1]) (10[4]0[6])■END■

ANSWER: argument from queerness [prompt on moral error theory or moral anti-realism until “error” is read]
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1457%0%36%134.25

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyThe Jeam Team89-5
Swapnil Gargit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThe Dyatlov Passement incident96-5
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone11010
Joel MilesGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret11310
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH113-5
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesThe Empire Bikes Back118-5
John LawrenceBHSU BPunished "Venom" BHSU12210
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: ALisan al-Quib126-5
Nathan ZhangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team14510
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence14610
Ryan Westbrookwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingLes Missourables14610
LouLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see1460
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetMindgoblin of Little Hobbes1460
Jonathan ShaufMindgoblin of Little HobbesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet1460
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)1460
Robert WangNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)The Oldest Men in the World1460
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy14610
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown1460
Michael HundingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREvar merchants14610