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    It is not the case that Ethical obligations in Buddhist philosophy are not negated by difficulty or inconvenience, only by genuine impossibility of alternative action.

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    • 1.Psychological capacity limits are real constraints; demanding action beyond sustainable human capacity causes harm rather than reducing it.
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    • 2.Buddhist compassion (karuna) includes self-compassion; dismissing difficulty as mere inconvenience ignores duty to one's own wellbeing.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'genuine impossibility' and 'difficulty' is vague and subject to rationalization, making this principle practically unfalsifiable.
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    • 1.Buddhist ethics derives from universal principles (reducing suffering) that apply regardless of personal difficulty or convenience.
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    • 2.Allowing difficulty to negate obligations would permit rationalizing away ethical duties whenever inconvenient, undermining moral integrity.
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    • 3.Buddhist practice explicitly cultivates discipline and effort to overcome aversion; difficulty is the domain where ethics proves meaningful.
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