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    Shaftesbury's moral sense theory holds that genuine benev... — Carmelics
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    Shaftesbury's moral sense theory holds that genuine benevolence requires disinterested sentiment, which instrumentalizing frameworks systematically erode over time.

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    • 1.Benevolent acts motivated by reward/punishment or social status differ psychologically from those stemming from immediate sympathy.
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    • 2.Market societies increasingly frame human relationships through cost-benefit analysis, habituating people to instrumental thinking.
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    • 3.Genuine moral sentiment requires an immediate, affective concern for another's welfare independent of personal gain.
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    • 1.Disinterested sentiment and instrumental reasoning can coexist; people regularly perform kind acts from mixed motives simultaneously.
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    • 2.Benevolence's moral worth depends on outcomes and character, not whether sentiment feels instrumentally 'pure' in phenomenology.
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    • 3.Historical evidence doesn't show instrumental frameworks destroying benevolence—charitable giving persists in highly commercialized societies.
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