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    It is not the case that Agents like Freddie can satisfy WARP across contexts even when their choices reflect heterogeneous concerns, because consistency conditions operate at the level of choice behavior, not psychological states.

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    • 1.If Freddie's choices reflect heterogeneous concerns, the relevant preference relation is not stable across contexts, violating WARP's transitivity requirement.
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    • 2.Separating choice behavior from psychological states obscures that preference reversals signal inconsistent values, not legitimate context-sensitivity.
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    • 3.WARP presupposes a single stable preference ordering; allowing heterogeneous concerns undermines the unified rationality standard WARP is designed to capture.
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    • 1.WARP is a constraint on revealed preferences, which are defined by observable choice behavior, not by internal mental states.
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    • 2.An agent can rationally prioritize different values in different contexts without violating behavioral consistency if choices remain transitive.
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    • 3.Psychological heterogeneity is compatible with rational choice theory because rationality requires only that preferences be context-sensitive, not unchanging.
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