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If I understand Gamwell'sreasoning correctly, he holds that there is a 
necessary connection between any more or less specific substantive moral 
prescription, on the one hand, and the most general substantive moral 
principle, on the other. Given the more or less specific prescription, the most 
general principle is necessarily implied. This is why the prescription is 
properly said to be a specific application of the principle, assuming certain 
more or less specific circumstances. Conversely, if the principle is given, it, in 
turn, necessarily implies the prescription, although only conditionally, 
assuming the same circumstances. 

If I understand Gamwell's reasoning correctly, he holds that there is a necessary connection between any more or less specific substantive moral prescription, on the one hand, and the most general substantive moral principle, on the other. Given the more or less specific prescription, the most general principle is necessarily implied. This is why the prescription is properly said to be a specific application of the principle, assuming certain more or less specific circumstances. Conversely, if the principle is given, it, in turn, necessarily implies the prescription, although only conditionally, assuming the same circumstances. 

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