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    It is not the case that If social bonds are intrinsically valuable rather than merely productive of future utility, sacrificing them cannot be straightforwardly offset by projected academic gains.

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    • 1.Intrinsic value and instrumental value are not mutually exclusive—social bonds can be both intrinsically valuable and enable future wellbeing.
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    • 2.Academic credentials provide access to meaningful work and financial security that sustain relationships long-term, making them instrumentally crucial.
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    • 3.Short-term bond sacrifice may preserve deeper relationships by enabling stability; temporary disconnection differs fundamentally from permanent loss.
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    • 1.Intrinsic goods (like friendship) have value independent of consequences, unlike instrumental goods that derive value solely from outcomes.
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    • 2.Human flourishing requires meaningful relationships as constitutive elements, not just as means to academic success.
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    • 3.A life optimized for credentials but emptied of genuine connection represents a form of impoverishment that grades cannot redeem.
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