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    Challenges→There is a middle-ground between perfect conformity to reason and being caused to act by natural forces.

    An agent who wholeheartedly endorses a passion-driven maxim exercises reflective autonomy without conforming to practical reason, falsifying the claim's implied exhaustive partition.

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    Exhaustive partition(what Sober says we don't need to assume)
    A complete list of every possible option or outcome, with no gaps or overlaps—like listing all possible answers to a question.
    Passion-driven maxim(as used in Kantian ethics)
    A personal rule or principle that you live by because of strong emotions or desires, rather than reason—like 'I'll spend all my money on things I want right now' driven by excitement.
    Reflective autonomy(as used in philosophy of freedom and self-governance)
    The ability to make your own free choices by thinking carefully about what you want and why, rather than just following rules or impulses without thought.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor

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    practical reason(Kantian moral philosophy)
    The rational faculty by which agents determine what is morally valuable and impose the moral law upon themselves.
    wholeheartedly endorses(describing how an agent relates to their desires)
    To fully and genuinely approve of something without reservation or inner conflict. When you wholeheartedly endorse a desire, you're not just stuck with it—you actively want it and think it's good.

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