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    It is not the case that Rosalind Hursthouse's agent-centered eudaimonism demonstrates that normative force can flow bidirectionally between character and flourishing, undermining the claim that derivability from eudaimonia disqualifies a theory from being genuinely agent-based.

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    • 1.If eudaimonia ultimately justifies virtuous action, the agent's character remains instrumentally valuable rather than foundationally normative.
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    • 2.Bidirectional flow between character and flourishing can obscure whether character has independent normative weight or merely implements eudaimonic ends.
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    • 3.Agent-based theories historically distinguish themselves by making character primary; deriving norms from flourishing risks collapsing into teleological consequentialism.
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    • 1.Virtues constitutively define human flourishing, so deriving actions from virtue doesn't reduce agency—it expresses the agent's developed character.
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    • 2.Agent-centeredness requires that character be normatively foundational, not that conclusions avoid eudaimonia. Hursthouse makes character primary.
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    • 3.Bidirectional normativity (flourishing informs virtue; virtue informs action) preserves agent-centered focus better than unidirectional derivation.
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