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    If weights must be re-assigned in every choice context, t... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Deliberation assigns weights to prized qualities in the context of choice rather than taking those weights as given.

    If weights must be re-assigned in every choice context, the practically wise person gains no advantage over the novice, collapsing the distinction between virtue and mere deliberative competence.

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    Collapsing the distinction(in logic and argumentation)
    Removing or eliminating the difference between two separate ideas, so they become impossible to tell apart.
    Practically wise person(as used in ethics and virtue theory)
    Someone who has developed the skill of making good decisions in real-life situations through experience and understanding—they know not just what to do, but how to apply that knowledge wisely in different contexts.
    Weights (in choice context)(as used in decision-making and ethics)
    The importance or priority you give to different values, goals, or considerations when making a decision—like how much you value honesty versus kindness in a particular situation.
    deliberative competence(Positive condition of self-government; cultivated through education)
    The developed capacity for critical reasoning and assessment, supported by understanding of different historical periods and social possibilities, cultural and aesthetic sensibilities, and habits of intellectual curiosity, modesty, and open-mindedness.

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    virtue(Valla's voluntarist account of virtue)
    A quality that resides in the will, governing actions to which moral qualifications are assigned.

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