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    It is not the case that Eschewing an incompletable project that constitutes one's deepest categorical desire would undermine the very prudential self whose interests the advice purports to protect.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

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    • 1.Prudential self-interest can require abandoning incompletable projects when they cause net harm to health, relationships, or flourishing.
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    • 2.Categorical desires are often emotionally compelling but not necessarily constitutive of authentic identity or genuine interests.
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    • 3.The claim conflates identity-constituting with identity-requiring; projects define us without making their pursuit always prudent.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Personal identity is constituted by one's deepest categorical desires, not merely circumstantial preferences.
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    • 2.Prudential advice that contradicts one's categorical identity structure removes the very self whose interests it aims to serve.
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    • 3.An incompletable project (like artistic pursuit) grounds meaning; abandoning it destabilizes rather than protects selfhood.
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