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    It is not the case that A duty to pursue an end entails a duty to adopt the beliefs without which rational pursuit of that end is impossible.

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    • 1.We cannot have duties to adopt beliefs; belief formation is not volitional but determined by evidence and psychology.
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    • 2.The claim conflates instrumental requirements with moral duties; needing a belief differs from having a duty to adopt it.
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    • 3.This principle would generate counterintuitive duties: e.g., pursuing health might 'require' false optimistic beliefs we're not obligated to adopt.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Rational agency requires means-end coherence: pursuing an end without adopting necessary beliefs is performatively contradictory.
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    • 2.If we have a duty to do X, we have a duty to do what is rationally necessary for X; belief-adoption is often rationally necessary.
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    • 3.Moral duties presuppose the agent possesses capacities to fulfill them; believing what enables rational pursuit falls within our capacity.
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