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    It is not the case that Rational agency requires only the capacity to set and pursue ends, not the development of any particular talent or set of talents.

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    • 1.Without developed capacities to understand consequences, agents cannot genuinely set coherent ends—only simulate goal-setting.
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    • 2.Pursuing arbitrary ends without relevant talents reflects compulsion or accident, not authentic rational agency.
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    • 3.The distinction between rational and non-rational agency requires some developmental threshold of reflective capability.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Agency fundamentally means acting on purposes one has chosen, which requires only goal-setting capacity, not skill mastery.
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    • 2.Tying agency to talent development risks excluding those with disabilities or limited opportunities from moral status.
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    • 3.A person can rationally pursue ends they lack talent for—pursuing goals doesn't require succeeding at them.
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