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    It is not the case that Kant's moral rationalism holds that pure practical reason generates both moral judgment and motivation through the categorical imperative, with no irreducibly conative state required.

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    • 1.Recognizing rational inconsistency doesn't guarantee motivation: one can coherently see duty yet remain unmoved without additional desires.
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    • 2.Empirically, people require conative states to act: amoralists and akratics show reason alone insufficient, even when rationally consistent.
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    • 3.Respecting rational principles requires prior commitment: Kant must smuggle in an implicit desire to be rational agents to get off the ground.
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    • 1.Reason alone can determine action without desire: rational consistency requirements bind all rational agents categorically.
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    • 2.Pure practical reason explains moral motivation better than desires: it applies universally and survives rational scrutiny unlike preferences.
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    • 3.The CI generates both judgment and motivation: recognizing an action as duty-required just is experiencing rational necessity to act.
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