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    It is not the case that An agent constitutionally incapable of evil faces no competing inclinations to overcome, eliminating the struggle that grounds moral worth.

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    • 1.Moral worth could inhere in the quality of action itself, not the difficulty of producing it; a just act is worthy regardless of internal struggle.
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    • 2.Constitutional incapacity for evil might reflect perfect practical wisdom, not elimination of choice—the agent chooses rightly without temptation clouding judgment.
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    • 3.We honor moral character in virtuous agents even when they report no internal conflict; saints acting from integrated conviction show moral worth without struggle.
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    • 1.Moral worth requires overcoming temptation; without internal conflict, virtuous action lacks the struggle that validates moral achievement.
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    • 2.An incapable-of-evil agent acts from necessity, not choice; deterministic goodness differs fundamentally from freely chosen moral action.
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    • 3.We praise agents specifically for resisting what they could have done; costless virtue earns no moral credit compared to costly resistance.
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