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    It is not the case that Reason can never oppose passion in the direction of the will

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    • 1.Reason can identify that a passion is founded on a false belief, such as mistakenly thinking an object will produce pleasure.
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    • 2.When reason corrects the false belief, the passion founded on it ceases or diminishes, meaning reason indirectly governed the will's direction.
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    • 3.This indirect governance constitutes reason opposing passion in the direction of the will, even if mediated through belief revision.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant's moral philosophy demonstrates that pure practical reason generates the categorical imperative independently of any antecedent desire or passion.
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    • 2.The categorical imperative produces genuine motivational force sufficient to override inclination, as evidenced by agents acting from duty against self-interest.
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    • 3.If reason can generate obligation that overrides passion, then P3 of the supporting argument—that reason cannot generate an impulse to action—is empirically and philosophically false.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The only thing that can oppose an impulse to action generated by a passion is a contrary impulse
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    • 2.Reason could counteract a passion-generated impulse only if reason could itself generate a contrary impulse
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    • 3.Reason cannot generate an impulse to action
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