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    It is not the case that Reason should cultivate and govern instincts implanted in us to render the path of duty pleasant

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    • 1.Aristotle holds that virtuous character requires habituation that makes right action pleasurable prior to and independent of rational deliberation.
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    • 2.If instincts must already be cultivated before reason can govern them effectively, reason presupposes well-ordered instinct rather than producing it.
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    • 3.The claim therefore inverts the actual developmental relationship between instinct and reason in moral formation.
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    • 1.Hume argues that reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions, making reason instrumentally subordinate to instinct rather than its governor.
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    • 2.If reason lacks motivational force independent of passion, it cannot cultivate instincts but can only redirect passions already in motion.
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    • 1.If instincts are not governed by reason, they will run wild and strengthen the passions of vanity and self-love
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    • 2.Vanity and self-love are passions that endeavor to obtain dominion over individuals
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