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    It is not the case that Aristotle's eudaimonia requires stable virtuous dispositions, which are cultivated through habituation, not open deliberation among alternatives.

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    • 1.Practical wisdom (phronesis) itself requires deliberation about particulars; habituation alone cannot determine right action in novel situations.
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    • 2.Virtuous agents must sometimes reconsider inherited habits when circumstances change, implying deliberation is part of maintaining rather than opposing virtue.
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    • 3.Blind habituation risks ingraining vicious or contextually inappropriate dispositions if initial training lacks reasoned foundations and flexibility.
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    • 1.Virtue requires automatic right action without internal conflict, which deliberation about alternatives would undermine by creating hesitation.
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    • 2.Habituation builds reliable behavioral patterns through repetition, while deliberation each time leaves room for weakness of will and inconsistency.
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    • 3.A virtuous person acts from stable character, not from calculating consequences each time, which distinguishes genuine virtue from mere compliance.
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