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    It is not the case that The Pali Canon's doctrine of kamma evaluates actions by their vipāka (fruits), making consequences constitutive of moral weight, not merely incidental.

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    • 1.The Canon emphasizes cetanā (intention) as kamma itself, suggesting moral weight derives from volition, not post-hoc consequences.
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    • 2.Vipāka may be an explanatory framework for understanding consequences rather than a definition of what makes actions morally weighted.
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    • 3.If consequences were constitutive of moral weight, unforeseen harms would carry full moral culpability, contradicting intentionality-based ethics.
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    • 1.Pali texts explicitly link moral quality (kusala/akusala) to vipāka outcomes, not merely intention, suggesting consequences define ethical weight.
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    • 2.A moral framework where consequences are constitutive better explains why the Canon prescribes specific practices to prevent negative vipāka.
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    • 3.If vipāka were merely incidental, the detailed mapping of actions to fruits would be pedagogically unnecessary rather than central to doctrine.
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