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    It is not the case that If virtuous action requires grounding in an end external to the moral law itself, virtue becomes instrumentalized rather than intrinsically obligatory.

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    • 1.Grounding virtue in human flourishing (eudaimonia) doesn't instrumentalize it if flourishing is constituted by virtuous activity itself.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'intrinsic' and 'instrumental' obligation is artificial; virtues can be both self-justifying and purpose-oriented.
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    • 3.Pure autonomy without any conception of human good is empty; practical reasoning requires some end, making some externality unavoidable.
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    • 1.Moral obligation loses its categorical force when action depends on external ends; it becomes hypothetical (if you want X, do Y).
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    • 2.Intrinsic obligatoriness requires that virtue be valued for its own sake, not as a means to happiness, duty, or divine reward.
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    • 3.When virtue serves external purposes, moral agents act from self-interest rather than respect for the moral law itself.
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