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    The argument equivocates between love as partiality—favor... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→It is not possible even for God to love every person uniformly to the same degree.

    The argument equivocates between love as partiality—favoring one party's interests over another's—and love as impartial concern for the flourishing of each person.

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    • 1.Love in intimate relationships necessarily involves partiality—prioritizing a beloved's needs over strangers' interests.
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    • 2.Impartial concern treats all people as interchangeable units rather than recognizing unique relational bonds and commitments.
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    • 3.The equivocation conflates two distinct concepts without acknowledging their fundamental incompatibility in practice.
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    • 1.One can show partiality in action while maintaining impartial concern for everyone's capacity to flourish equally in principle.
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    • 2.Parents can favor their children practically while believing all children deserve equal moral consideration and opportunities.
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    • 3.The claim assumes equivocation without demonstrating the argument actually conflates these senses rather than integrating them.
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