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    It is not the case that One's ability to live a virtuous life is deeply dependent on luck

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    • 1.Aristotle's own account holds that habituation shapes character, but practical reason (phronesis) allows agents to reflectively endorse or revise their dispositions over time.
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    • 2.The capacity for rational self-governance is not itself a product of upbringing in the same way character traits are, but is a constitutive feature of human agency as such.
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    • 3.Therefore, even if initial character formation involves luck, the ongoing exercise of virtue remains substantially within the agent's rational control.
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    • 1.Kant argues that moral worth derives entirely from the good will, which consists in the intention to act from duty rather than from any contingent character traits or circumstances.
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    • 2.The good will, as a purely rational capacity, is equally available to all rational agents regardless of upbringing, social position, or natural temperament.
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    • 3.Thus the dependency of character formation on luck is morally irrelevant, since genuine virtue is grounded in rational intention rather than cultivated disposition.
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    • 1.One becomes a virtuous person by undergoing the right kind of upbringing and training
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    • 2.Whether one receives the right upbringing and training is at least to some extent beyond one's control
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