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    FEO's scope is restricted to competitive positional goods... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→FEO should be given high priority because it protects the opportunity to fulfill one's basic moral interest in developing and exercising a sense of justice.

    FEO's scope is restricted to competitive positional goods, leaving most moral development outside its regulatory reach.

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    • 1.Moral development occurs through diverse experiences (family, community, art, reflection), not primarily through competition for positional goods.
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    • 2.Regulatory frameworks work best with narrow scope; overreach into moral formation exceeds enforceable jurisdiction and risks authoritarian paternalism.
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    • 3.Most positional goods (status, rank, prestige) are zero-sum; regulating these specifically is more tractable than regulating diffuse moral character.
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    • 1.Competitive positional goods deeply shape moral psychology: ambition, fairness perception, cooperation norms—so their regulation inherently affects moral development.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'positional goods' and 'moral development' is permeable; how we compete teaches virtue or vice regardless of FEO's stated scope.
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    • 3.Claiming narrow regulatory scope while ignoring formative effects of competitive structures is an abdication of responsibility, not principled restraint.
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