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    It is not the case that Agape in the Christian tradition, which Marcel draws upon, is paradigmatically one-directional and yet constitutes the most complete form of relational love.

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    • 1.Genuine relationality requires mutual recognition; one-directional giving reduces the recipient to an object of charity, not a relational subject.
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    • 2.Sustainable human relationships empirically depend on reciprocity and interdependence; agape's unilaterality may express theology rather than lived reality.
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    • 3.Calling unidirectional love 'most complete' conflates moral ideality with relational fullness; completeness requires the other's participation and response.
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    • 1.Agape's unconditional nature removes self-interest, enabling authentic presence to the other's needs without expectation of reciprocal benefit.
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    • 2.One-directionality paradoxically perfects relationality by freeing the giver from strategic calculation and the receiver from debt-obligation.
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    • 3.Only love independent of return can encompass the vulnerable, suffering, or undeserving—the ultimate test of relational completeness.
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