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    A life that systematically suppresses appropriate anger f... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Controlling intense anger rather than its unfettered expression is closer to what a good life requires.

    A life that systematically suppresses appropriate anger fails the Aristotelian standard of eudaimonia, which requires emotional responses calibrated to genuine moral injuries.

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    • 1.Eudaimonia requires virtue, which includes practical wisdom about when emotions fit reality; suppressing justified anger denies this calibration.
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    • 2.Chronic anger suppression correlates with psychological harm, undermining the flourishing that eudaimonia demands.
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    • 3.Moral injuries (genuine wrongs) demand appropriate response; ignoring them treats injustice as morally neutral.
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    • 1.Aristotle emphasized moderation in anger, not its expression; restraint itself may constitute virtue and flourishing.
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    • 2.Many people report eudaimonia through non-reactivity practices (Stoicism, Buddhism) that systematically reduce anger regardless of injury.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'appropriate' anger requires contested moral judgment; the claim presumes one standard of calibration.
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