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    It is not the case that A moral agent's distinctive perspective and inclinations toward action are shaped by biological factors rather than by reason alone.

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    • 1.Kant argues that moral agency requires autonomy: the capacity of reason to legislate independently of all inclinations, biological or otherwise.
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    • 2.Biological temperament, as a form of natural inclination, belongs to the phenomenal self and cannot determine the noumenal will's moral orientation.
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    • 3.Therefore, insofar as an agent acts morally, their perspective is shaped by rational self-legislation, not biological factors.
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    • 1.Aristotle's account of habituation (ethismos) holds that moral character is formed through repeated voluntary actions, not biological endowment.
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    • 2.If virtue is acquired through practice and choice, then reason and agency are the primary shapers of moral perspective, not biology.
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    • 1.Temperament colors a moral agent's distinctive perspective and inclinations toward action.
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    • 2.Temperament is predominantly determined by biological factors.
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