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    It is not the case that The analogy between prudential and impartial concern commits a fallacy of composition: what holds for parts need not hold for the whole.

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    • 1.The fallacy of composition requires the property in question to be non-distributive, but rationality and impartiality are precisely designed to distribute across agents.
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    • 2.If prudential concern justifies favoring one's future self, consistency requires recognizing equal justification for all agents to favor their futures impartially.
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    • 3.The premise conflates metaphysical composition with logical reasoning: even if wholes differ from parts, the rational principles governing each can remain parallel.
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    • 1.Prudential concern treats one's own future as unified; impartial concern treats all persons as separate units. These structural differences matter.
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    • 2.A single person's lifetime has causal and experiential continuity; humanity is a collection without such integration. Integration properties don't scale.
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    • 3.Self-interest relies on special relations (memory, bodily continuity, agent identity); universal concern lacks these. Special relations justify different reasoning.
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