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    It is not the case that Freedoms of thought and discussion are necessary for fulfilling human nature as progressive beings.

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    • 1.Aristotle's eudaimonia requires stable virtuous dispositions, which are cultivated through habituation, not open deliberation among alternatives.
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    • 2.Constant exposure to competing moral claims can destabilize the character formation necessary for genuine human flourishing.
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    • 3.A community that constrains certain discussions may better preserve the social conditions under which virtuous human nature is actually realized.
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    • 1.Plato's Republic demonstrates that unrestricted discourse grants equal standing to false and corrupting ideas, undermining rather than advancing epistemic progress.
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    • 2.If the deliberative faculties can be exercised through structured dialectic within bounded traditions, unrestricted public freedom of discussion is not a necessary condition for their exercise.
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    • 1.Progressive beings seek knowledge (justified true belief), not merely true belief.
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    • 2.The justification of beliefs exercises deliberative capacities, whereas mere possession of true beliefs does not.
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    • 3.Justification requires comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
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