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    It is not the case that The inclusive-dominance interpretation of theoretical contemplation faces a problem of coherence.

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    • 1.The inclusive-dominance interpretation holds contemplation to be the principal but not exclusive constituent of happiness.
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    • 2.Giving proper weight to theoretical contemplation leaves little genuine interest in moral goods arising from political nature.
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    • 3.Integrating activities as apparently incompatible as theoretical contemplation and active moral engagement into a single coherent life is difficult.
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    • 1.Aristotle assigns theoria a categorically different value-status than practical virtues, calling it divine rather than merely human (NE X.7).
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    • 2.A life structured around a divine activity cannot coherently also be structured around essentially human political engagement without ranking one as merely instrumental.
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    • 3.If contemplation is truly dominant, political virtue reduces to a mere condition for contemplation, hollowing out its intrinsic worth as Aristotle elsewhere defends it.
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    • 1.Cooper's inclusive reading requires that moral virtues contribute constitutively to eudaimonia, yet Aristotle explicitly reserves the term 'most happy' for the contemplative life alone (NE X.8 1178b7).
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    • 2.A coherent account of happiness cannot simultaneously treat an activity as constitutive of happiness and as subordinate to a single dominant component without equivocation on 'happiness'.
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