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    It is not the case that A proper function becomes a fully correct action (katorthôma) only when it is done virtuously.

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    • 1.Consequentialists (Mill, Sidgwick) hold that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcomes, not the agent's character or motivation.
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    • 2.If an action produces optimal welfare regardless of the agent's virtue, it satisfies the strongest criterion for moral correctness.
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    • 3.Virtuous motivation is neither necessary nor sufficient for an action to qualify as fully correct.
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    • 1.Kant argues in the Groundwork that moral worth derives from acting from duty according to universal law, not from cultivated character traits.
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    • 2.A non-virtuous agent who performs a proper function strictly from rational duty fulfills the categorical imperative as completely as a sage would.
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    • 3.The Stoic conflation of psychological disposition with action-correctness smuggles agent-evaluation into act-evaluation without independent justification.
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    • 1.A proper function is perfected as an action of the specific kind to which it belongs only when performed virtuously.
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    • 2.Both the sage and the ordinary person perform proper functions such as looking after their health.
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