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    It is not the case that A morality that requires theological guarantees of ultimate self-benefit fails on its own terms, since genuine moral action must be motivationally independent of consequences to the agent.

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    • 1.All human motivation involves some form of self-interest; distinguishing 'genuine' motivation requires an unjustifiable purity standard.
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    • 2.Theological frameworks don't necessarily reduce morality to egoism—they can align ultimate self-interest with others' wellbeing through shared values.
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    • 3.The claim conflates motivation with moral worth: an act's rightness may be independent of agent benefits even if that agent was motivated by expected benefits.
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    • 1.Moral worth correlates with disinterestedness: actions performed for personal reward lack the selflessness that characterizes genuine virtue.
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    • 2.Divine reward systems undermine autonomy by replacing internal moral judgment with external incentive structures dependent on theological claims.
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    • 3.Empirically, moral agents who act from duty-based conviction show greater consistency across contexts than those motivated by promised benefits.
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