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    It is not the case that Counting 'sorts' of a virtue conflates the virtue itself with its situational expressions, a distinction central to Aquinas's account of virtue and its acts.

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    • 1.Virtues necessarily require different cognitive and affective structures across domains (courage in battle differs fundamentally from moral courage).
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    • 2.The distinction between virtue and act doesn't entail that contextual expressions are merely superficial—they reflect real substantive differences.
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    • 3.Aquinas himself recognizes potential divisions (cardinal virtues, theological virtues), suggesting some taxonomy of virtue-types is compatible with his framework.
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    • 1.Virtues are stable dispositions of character, not collections of discrete behaviors that vary by context.
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    • 2.Aquinas distinguishes the virtue (habitus) from its external acts, which depend on prudential judgment about circumstances.
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    • 3.Cataloging 'sorts' suggests virtues fragment into multiple traits rather than manifesting as unified excellences in different situations.
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