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    It is not the case that Sound-mindedness makes people good

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    • 1.Aristotle distinguishes sophrosyne (sound-mindedness) as a virtue concerning pleasures, not a comprehensive condition for moral goodness overall.
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    • 2.A person can possess sophrosyne yet lack courage, justice, or practical wisdom, remaining deficient in virtue as a whole.
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    • 1.Kant argues that moral worth derives from acting from duty, not from temperamental self-regulation such as sound-mindedness.
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    • 2.Sound-mindedness as moderation of appetite is a natural disposition, and natural dispositions alone carry no unconditional moral worth on Kantian grounds.
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    • Sound-minded people are good.
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