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    It is not the case that The cause of defective characters pursuing worthless ends lies in the training of their passions, not in an impairment of their capacity to reason.

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    • 1.Practical reasoning itself can be structurally impaired: akratic agents suffer a failure to apply known principles, not merely misdirected passion.
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    • 2.Aristotle's own account of akrasia in NE VII implies that reason's grip on action can be weakened independently of how passions were trained.
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    • 3.If reason's application can fail mid-deliberation, defective character may involve cognitive impairment, not solely a training deficit in the passions.
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    • 1.Frankfurt's hierarchical will theory shows that defective ends can arise from failures in second-order volition, a rational capacity distinct from passion-training.
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    • 2.A person may endorse worthless ends through reflective identification, indicating the rational faculty itself—not just trained affect—is oriented toward them.
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    • 1.Those defective in character possess cleverness, the rational skill needed to achieve their ends.
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    • 2.We are assuming such persons are normal in their capacity to reason.
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    • 3.Despite this rational capacity, the ends they seek are often worthless.
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