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  1. Harman’s example involved youths setting fire to a cat.

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I thank Mark D. Friedman for helpful discussion of an early draft of this paper, and a referee for this journal for acute queries, objections and suggestions that enabled me to improve the paper significantly.

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Frederick, D. Ethical Intuitionism: A Structural Critique. J Value Inquiry 50, 631–647 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-016-9547-8

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