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    It is not the case that A moral agent can coherently act from duty while remaining agnostic about whether the highest good will ever be realized, as Kant's own formalism demands duty independent of consequences.

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    • 1.Kant's Postulates make belief in the highest good rationally necessary for coherent moral practice, not merely optional agnosticism.
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    • 2.Complete indifference to whether duty produces any good outcome risks making morality practically arbitrary and psychologically unmotivating.
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    • 3.Agnosticism about the highest good conflicts with Kant's claim that reason demands we hope virtue and happiness will eventually align.
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    • 1.Kant explicitly grounds moral obligation in the categorical imperative, not in expected outcomes or the highest good's realization.
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    • 2.Moral agency requires acting from duty for its own sake; if duty depends on consequentialist hopes, it becomes contingent, not binding.
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    • 3.Agnosticism about outcomes preserves moral integrity by preventing despair from undermining ethical commitment when consequences remain uncertain.
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