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    It is not the case that Aristotle's account in Nicomachean Ethics grounds full moral responsibility in praxis—deliberate action—not merely in stable character dispositions or conditional intentions.

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    • 1.Aristotle grounds virtue in hexis (stable habit), suggesting character dispositions—not discrete acts—constitute the primary locus of moral excellence.
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    • 2.The claim conflates responsibility conditions with the source of virtue; habituation, not deliberation, produces virtuous character in Aristotle's framework.
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    • 3.Aristotle's virtuous person acts from stable character without agonizing deliberation, suggesting responsibility supervenes on disposition, not conscious choice.
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    • 1.Aristotle distinguishes praxis (action with internal end) from mere habit, making deliberate choice the locus of moral agency and responsibility.
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    • 2.Character virtues in Nicomachean Ethics require practical wisdom (phronesis) exercised in particular deliberations, not automatic dispositions.
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    • 3.Book III establishes that voluntary action requires deliberation and choice; responsibility cannot attach to what bypasses deliberative agency.
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