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    Challenges→If one can prove on independent grounds that something is an end in itself, one will have an argument for a categorical imperative

    If categorical imperatives derive from practical identity rather than pre-given ends in themselves, proving something is an end in itself is normatively inert without an account of agency.

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    Account of agency(in philosophy of action and ethics)
    An explanation of what makes someone an agent—someone capable of making choices and taking actions, and why those choices matter.
    Normatively inert(in ethics)
    Unable to tell us what we should actually do or how we should act; having no practical force or moral weight.
    Pre-given(in epistemology)
    Already existing before we do anything, rather than being something we create or discover.
    categorical imperatives(Presented as what must supplement hypothetical imperatives for the present-future self relation to be appropriately binding)
    Imperatives that bind a future self to a project in light of the same rationally endorsable principles that originated the project
    end in itself

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    An absolute value whose existence is held to be equivalent to the existence of a categorical imperative binding on all rational agents
    practical identity(Korsgaard's transcendental argument for valuing oneself as a rational agent)
    The distinctive nature of a person as an agent, which may include roles such as being a parent or a philosophy professor

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