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    It is not the case that Frankfurt-style cases demonstrate that an agent can identify deeply with a motivational structure—including a vicious one—without ambiguity or misperception distorting the will.

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    • 1.Deep identification with vicious desires may require some form of denial or rationalization that counts as misperception of one's own nature.
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    • 2.Frankfurt cases underdetermine whether agents' identification is truly unambiguous or involves subtle self-deception about their motivations.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'deep identification' and 'unrecognized distortion' in Frankfurt cases may be phenomenologically indistinguishable.
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    • 1.Deep identification with desires can occur through rational reflection without requiring external distortion or self-deception.
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    • 2.Frankfurt cases show agents endorsing their own motivations at multiple levels, demonstrating genuine volition independent of ambiguity.
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    • 3.A vicious person may have perfectly clear self-knowledge while still identifying with their values through coherent rational deliberation.
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