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    It is not the case that Aristotle's eudaimonism holds that human dignity is constituted by the actualization of our rational and moral capacities, not merely their possession.

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    • 1.Infants and the severely disabled possess dignity despite limited actualization capacity, suggesting possession, not use, grounds it.
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    • 2.Tying dignity to actualization makes dignity contingent on circumstance, ability, and effort—creating troubling hierarchies.
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    • 3.Aristotle's own virtue ethics emphasizes intrinsic human form and nature as the basis for dignity, not external performance.
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    • 1.Potential capacities without exercise are metaphysically inert—dignity requires actualization, not mere biological possibility.
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    • 2.A person in irreversible coma possesses rational capacities but lacks dignity because actualization is impossible.
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    • 3.Moral development requires practice; virtues emerge through habituation, making actualization constitutive of moral character.
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