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    It is not the case that Frankfurt's hierarchical will theory shows that defective ends can arise from failures in second-order volition, a rational capacity distinct from passion-training.

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    • 1.Second-order volitions may themselves reflect uncritically absorbed social norms rather than constituting a genuinely distinct rational capacity.
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    • 2.The theory struggles to explain why higher-order failures aren't themselves rooted in passion or habituation, threatening infinite regress.
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    • 3.Empirically, well-trained emotional/embodied responses often guide better choices than explicit rational reflection on desires.
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    • 1.Second-order volitions (desires about desires) operate via rational reflection, distinct from first-order appetitive impulses shaped by habit.
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    • 2.Addiction cases show agents can recognize defective first-order desires while lacking the rational capacity to endorse them at a higher level.
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    • 3.Freedom requires hierarchical endorsement; mere passion-training leaves first-order desires potentially alien to our rational self.
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