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    Supports→Incomparability of value should be rejected

    If incomparability were genuine, rational agents would face systematic paralysis, yet deliberative experience consistently yields resoluble choices, suggesting comparability is operative.

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    Key Terms

    Comparability(as used in value theory and decision-making)
    The ability to measure or weigh two or more things against each other to see which one is better, stronger, more valuable, etc.
    Deliberative experience(as used in epistemology and philosophy of action)
    The real, lived experience of thinking carefully through your options before making a choice.
    Operative(describing the agent intellect as actively working)
    Actually working or functioning; in this context, it means 'actively at work' rather than just existing passively.
    Systematic paralysis(as used in discussions of decision-making)
    A complete inability to make any decisions or take action, happening across the board rather than just in one situation.
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    A situation in which an agent cannot rank or choose between two options because the desires grounding each track wholly distinct intrinsic natures, yielding no common measure.
    rational agents(Reid's account of autonomous action)
    Beings who can gain critical distance from mechanical and animal incentives and regulate their conduct by appeal to rational principles of action.

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