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    Self-government, properly understood, consists in rationa... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Liberties of action — including freedom of association, freedom of worship, and freedom to choose one's occupation — are necessary for self-government.

    Self-government, properly understood, consists in rational autonomy — the capacity to govern oneself by reason — not the exercise of arbitrary choice across life domains.

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    • 1.Arbitrary choice without rational reflection often produces self-sabotage, addiction, and regret—undermining genuine self-interest.
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    • 2.Reason allows us to identify consistent values and act on them coherently, whereas pure impulse generates internal conflict.
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    • 3.Political liberty requires citizens capable of reasoned judgment; pure choice-maximization without reason destabilizes democratic deliberation.
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    • 1.Reason itself is culturally shaped; treating it as the sole measure of autonomy privileges certain worldviews over others.
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    • 2.People often rationally choose non-rational ends (art, love, play); excluding these from 'true' autonomy artificially narrows human flourishing.
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    • 3.Requiring rational justification for choices gives authorities power to invalidate decisions deemed 'insufficiently reasoned'—enabling paternalism.
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