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    It is not the case that Hierarchical identification can terminate in a 'whole-self' endorsement that is self-certifying rather than requiring a further endorser, as Frankfurt argues in 'The Faintest Passion'.

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    • 1.Self-certification begs the question: why should an endorsement by the 'whole self' carry more authority than any prior level?
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    • 2.The 'whole self' is itself a constructed identity that may mask competing desires rather than genuinely resolving them.
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    • 3.Frankfurt's framework lacks criteria for distinguishing genuine self-endorsement from rationalization of unconsidered preferences.
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    • 1.Infinite regress of endorsers is metaphysically problematic, so some foundational level of identification must be self-justifying.
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    • 2.First-person authority about one's deepest commitments is epistemically privileged in ways third-person endorsement cannot match.
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    • 3.A unified self requires some stopping point where identification becomes constitutive rather than merely descriptive of agency.
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