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    It is not the case that If a theory appeals to interests constitutive of human flourishing as such, P2's objection that no interest is necessarily universal does not apply.

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    • 1.The concept of 'constitutive of human flourishing' is itself contestable across cultures and worldviews, not a neutral biological fact.
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    • 2.Claiming certain interests are constitutive merely relocates the disagreement: societies still disagree fundamentally about what flourishing requires.
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    • 3.Even universal capacities (reason, sociality) manifest in radically different forms across cultures, undermining claims about universal constitutive interests.
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    • 1.Human flourishing has a biological basis shared across all humans, making certain interests (health, cognition, social connection) genuinely universal.
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    • 2.Distinguishing between contingent preferences and constitutive interests allows theories to acknowledge cultural variation while grounding universality in human nature.
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    • 3.If interests are constitutive of flourishing rather than merely desired, they escape the objection that no preference is universally held.
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