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    If imperfect duties required ongoing struggle against imp... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Fulfilling imperfect duties requires strength of will and self-mastery (which Kant calls courage)

    If imperfect duties required ongoing struggle against impulse, the morally developed agent would paradoxically never achieve genuine virtue.

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    • 1.Virtue requires harmony between reason and desire; ongoing struggle indicates persistent conflict rather than integration.
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    • 2.A truly virtuous person acts from settled disposition, not from constant effort against contrary impulses.
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    • 3.If moral development means perfectibility, endless struggle suggests the agent never actually develops beyond conflict.
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    • 1.Imperfect duties (like beneficence) require judgment about context and proportion, not mere impulse control.
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    • 2.Struggle against selfishness need not undermine virtue; overcoming resistance to help others demonstrates developed character.
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    • 3.Human flourishing may inherently involve ongoing effort; expecting effortless virtue sets an incoherent standard for finite beings.
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