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    It is not the case that For Aristotle, virtuous character constitutes the correct perception of what the end is in any given situation, not merely a starting point for further deliberation.

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    • 1.Aristotle explicitly states deliberation concerns both ends and means, and practical wisdom involves deliberating about what conduces to living well.
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    • 2.Even the virtuous must deliberate about competing goods and circumstances; perception alone cannot adjudicate complex moral conflicts.
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    • 3.Treating virtuous perception as non-deliberative makes moral education mysterious—how is correct perception developed without reasoned practice?
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    • 1.Aristotle distinguishes phronesis (practical wisdom) from technical reasoning, treating it as immediate perception rather than calculation.
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    • 2.The virtuous person recognizes the salient features of a situation directly, without needing to deliberate about what is genuinely good.
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    • 3.Deliberation concerns means to an end; if the virtuous already perceive the true end, deliberation becomes merely instrumental.
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