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    It is not the case that Kant's own regulative use of ideas permits rational pursuit of ends whose full realization transcends possible experience.

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    • 1.The regulative/constitutive distinction is unstable: treating ideas as rationally necessary guides collapses into treating them as real.
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    • 2.Ends transcending possible experience cannot coherently guide conduct, since rational action requires conceivable feedback and success criteria.
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    • 1.Regulative ideas (God, freedom, soul) guide inquiry without requiring proof, enabling systematic moral and scientific progress.
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    • 2.Rational agents must pursue ideals like moral perfection even though complete achievement exceeds empirical verification.
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    • 3.Distinguishing regulative from constitutive use protects transcendent ends from empirical refutation while preserving rational legitimacy.
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