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    It is not the case that Aristotle's virtue ethics demonstrates that moral requirements are grounded in human flourishing and character, not formal universalizability.

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    • 1.Human flourishing is contested and culturally variable; grounding morality in it risks relativism about core obligations.
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    • 2.Virtue ethics struggles with demandingness and conflict resolution; formal universalizability provides clearer guidance.
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    • 3.Moral duties to distant strangers seem grounded in impartial principles, not my own character development or flourishing.
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    • 1.Humans have a discoverable telos (end/purpose); virtue consists in excellences that actualize this nature.
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    • 2.Moral intuitions track human flourishing across cultures, suggesting universalizability alone misses what grounds ethics.
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    • 3.Character formation explains moral motivation better than abstract rules, which often fail to move people to act rightly.
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