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    It is not the case that Aristotelian flourishing (eudaimonia) is indexed to the capacities and circumstances of individual persons, not a single normative life-pattern.

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    • 1.Complete relativism about flourishing undermines ethical guidance; without shared standards, we cannot evaluate competing life-paths.
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    • 2.Aristotle identifies universal human functions (reason, virtue, social cooperation) that ground eudaimonia across all persons.
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    • 3.If flourishing is purely indexed to individual circumstances, we lose grounds to critique harmful desires or unjust social arrangements.
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    • 1.Humans have radically different natural capacities (cognitive, physical, social); a universal formula ignores these differences.
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    • 2.Contextual factors (culture, historical period, available opportunities) make uniform prescriptions about the good life implausible.
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    • 3.Aristotle emphasizes actualizing one's potential; potential varies by person, so flourishing must be individually indexed.
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