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    Because character-shaping actions originate in the agent ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Human beings do make themselves, in the same garden-variety sense in which they make other things.

    Because character-shaping actions originate in the agent and are not compelled, the resulting self is authentically the agent's own product in the same sense a craftsman owns his craft.

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    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    authentically(as used in existential philosophy and discussions of human flourishing)
    In a genuine, real way; functioning as it's actually meant to, without being corrupted, blocked, or held back by external forces.
    character-shaping actions(in ethics and philosophy of self)
    Choices and behaviors you do that gradually build and define who you are as a person over time.
    compelled(in philosophy of free will)
    Forced or driven to do something by an outside force or internal pressure that leaves you with no real choice.
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    (in analogies about self-creation and responsibility)
    A skilled worker who creates or makes things by hand, like a carpenter or potter; used here as a comparison for how you 'make' yourself.
    originate in the agent(in discussions of free will and responsibility)
    Come from the person themselves—meaning they are the source or cause of their own actions, rather than being caused by something external.

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