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It is not the case that A perfectionism requires a normative standard against which development is measured, but Stirner denies all fixed standards as 'spooks' constraining the ego.
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Stirner's own ethics—that egoists should pursue their interests wisely and avoid self-harm—implicitly assumes perfectionist standards of reason.
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The claim 'all fixed standards are spooks' is itself a fixed normative standard, making Stirner's position self-refuting.
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Even egoistic self-development requires internal criteria distinguishing flourishing from degradation, which functions as a normative standard.
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Stirner explicitly rejects universal moral standards as 'spooks'—fixed ideas that alienate the ego from its own will and interests.
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Perfectionism necessarily posits an ideal form or telos external to the individual, which contradicts Stirner's egoistic first principle.
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If the ego is the only reality Stirner acknowledges, any normative standard independent of ego-desire becomes a conceptual impossibility.
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