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    Requiring an agent to perform acts that sever their deepe... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→It is always morally permissible to bring about the best outcome.

    Requiring an agent to perform acts that sever their deepest commitments destroys the very self that consequentialism purports to benefit.

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    • 1.Personal identity is constituted by deep commitments; severing them fundamentally alters who someone is, not just what they do.
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    • 2.Consequentialism's aim is to benefit agents, but benefits to a destroyed self constitute no genuine benefit to that person.
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    • 3.Integrity and psychological wholeness are intrinsic goods that consequentialist calculations often fail to weigh adequately.
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    • 1.Selves are not static essences but evolve through experience; acting against commitments may refine rather than destroy identity.
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    • 2.The harm of severing commitments must be weighed against concrete harms prevented; consequentialists do account for such costs.
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    • 3.People regularly revise deep commitments (through conversion, growth, moral education) without ceasing to exist or losing identity.
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