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    A life structured around sacrificing happiness cannot be ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→To wholeheartedly endorse the long-term shape of one's life, one must see that shape as consistent with one's happiness.

    A life structured around sacrificing happiness cannot be wholeheartedly affirmed.

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    The critic of this form of the Kantian argument may reply that Kantian morality sees duty as something that must be done regardless of the consequences, and thus a truly moral person cannot make his or her commitment to morality contingent on the achievement of happiness. From a Kantian point of view, this reply seems right; Kant unequivocally affirms that moral actions must be done for the sake of duty and not from any desire for personal reward. Nevertheless, especially for any philosopher wil

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