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    Challenges→Fulfilling a non-bonific deathbed promise may still be bonific because it satisfies the promisor's desire

    A desire formed under such compromised conditions cannot ground genuine welfare claims even if posthumously satisfied.

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    • 1.Desires formed under compromised conditions (coercion, manipulation, ignorance) lack authentic endorsement by the agent's true preferences.
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    • 2.Welfare requires that satisfied preferences reflect the agent's considered values, not merely their historical mental states.
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    • 3.Posthumous satisfaction cannot retroactively purify a desire's origins or restore the agent's autonomous agency during formation.
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    • 1.If a desire's satisfaction objectively improves the agent's life conditions, the origin's compromised nature becomes practically irrelevant.
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    • 2.Many genuine welfare-grounding desires form under some compromised condition (limited information, social pressure, emotional distress).
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    • 3.Welfare should be evaluated by actual outcomes and the agent's reflective satisfaction upon learning the truth, not historical conditions.
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