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    It is not the case that Dignity is not a matter of degree and cannot be diminished or lost through vice nor increased through virtue.

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    • 1.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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    • 2.An agent who systematically degrades their rational agency through vice progressively undermines the very faculty that grounds their dignity.
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    • 3.Therefore, dignity as actualized excellence admits of degrees corresponding to how well one exercises the capacities definitive of human flourishing.
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    • 1.Kant himself distinguishes between humanity as mere capacity and the worth earned by acting from duty, suggesting moral conduct is dignity-conferring.
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    • 2.If dignity were entirely insensitive to moral conduct, the Kantian notion that treating persons as ends-in-themselves imposes obligations on the agent would lose its normative force.
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    • 1.Dignity does not depend on how well or badly the capacities for moral agency are exercised.
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    • 2.Dignity does not depend on whether a person acts morally or has a morally good character.
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