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    It is not the case that King Xuan is capable of having compassion for his people

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    • 1.Compassion for a proximate, visible animal is driven by sensory immediacy, not a transferable moral disposition.
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    • 2.Mencius's own text shows Xuan substituted the ox for a sheep, suggesting avoidance of discomfort rather than extension of care.
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    • 3.A capacity that systematically contracts under political cost is not a genuine capacity for compassion toward the people.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Xunzi argues human moral dispositions require sustained ritual cultivation, not mere analogical extension from one emotional episode.
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    • 2.A ruler whose institutional role structurally rewards indifference to subjects lacks the formative conditions under which compassion becomes a stable virtue.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.King Xuan acted with compassion toward the ox
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    • 2.The capacity for compassion demonstrated in one case can be extended to relevantly similar cases through moral nurture
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