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    It is not the case that Aristotle and the virtue ethics tradition hold that character is constituted through habituated choices, making moral status genuinely responsive to one's volitional history.

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    • 1.Upbringing and genetics significantly determine behavioral patterns before autonomous choice emerges, undermining the volitional-history basis of character.
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    • 2.A person's moral status (e.g., dignity, rights) shouldn't depend on past choices; we extend moral consideration to those with traumatic or constrained histories.
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    • 3.Moral transformation can occur suddenly through epiphany or external intervention, not just gradual habituation, challenging necessity of volitional history.
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    • 1.Repeated actions create neural pathways that shape our automatic responses, making habituation a genuine mechanism of moral character formation.
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    • 2.We hold people morally accountable for actions they've cultivated through practice, suggesting character reflects meaningful volitional history.
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    • 3.Self-improvement narratives presuppose that character changes through deliberate choice over time, confirming habituation's role in moral development.
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