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    It is not the case that A virtuous disposition that takes pleasure in its own exercise risks collapsing into what Kant calls pathological self-love dressed in moral clothing.

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    • 1.Pleasure in virtue's exercise can indicate flourishing character, not corruption—Aristotle argued eudaimonia requires delighting in good action.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'pathological' and 'moral' motives may be false; virtuous people naturally experience positive emotions about their character.
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    • 3.Empirically, people motivated by both duty AND satisfaction often act more reliably virtuously than those motivated by duty alone under strain.
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    • 1.When virtue becomes pleasurable, agents may unconsciously seek opportunities to exercise it for emotional reward rather than moral duty.
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    • 2.Kant distinguished pathological motives (pleasure-based) from moral motives (duty-based), and conflating them undermines authentic moral agency.
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    • 3.Self-congratulation about one's virtue is psychologically difficult to distinguish from genuine virtue when pleasure reinforces the behavior.
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