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Which of the Following Best Explains the Idea That Religious

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Which of the following best explains the idea that religious teachings can provide new or additional justification for moral claims that we might have accepted anyway?

A) When we have no reason to think that a moral claim is true, but religious teachings explicitly say that it is true or provide premises that clearly imply that it is true, religious teachings have provided new justification for a moral claim that we might have accepted anyway.
B) Because the use of religious teachings in moral reasoning entails the acceptance of cultural relativism, using religious teachings allows one to appeal to relativistic patterns of reasoning.
C) The Islamic requirement to make a pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrates that religious teachings provide new justification for moral claims.
D) When a moral question is controversial but religious teachings include an explicit answer to the question or moral claims that imply a clear answer to it, religious teachings have provided additional justification for a claim that we might have accepted anyway.

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