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    It is not the case that If the unity of virtue were conceptually necessary, cross-situational inconsistency in virtuous behavior would be impossible rather than merely common, yet it is pervasive.

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    • 1.Cross-situational inconsistency may reflect failures of practical wisdom in applying virtues, not evidence against their conceptual unity.
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    • 2.Pervasiveness of inconsistency could indicate humans rarely fully possess virtues rather than proving virtue-unity is not conceptually necessary.
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    • 3.The unity thesis requires integrated character, not identical behavior across contexts; different situations may demand unified virtue differently expressed.
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    • 1.Virtues like courage and temperance can pull in opposite directions: courage demands risk-taking while temperance demands restraint.
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    • 2.Empirically, individuals reliably demonstrate courage in combat but cowardice in moral whistleblowing, showing context-dependent virtue expression.
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    • 3.If virtue unity were conceptually necessary, virtuous behavior would follow deductively from having the virtue, but behavioral variance requires explanation.
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