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    It is not the case that Virtuous action cannot be determined by fixed moral absolutes but requires attention to circumstance

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    • 1.Kant's categorical imperative demonstrates that the universalizability of maxims provides moral guidance independent of circumstantial variation.
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    • 2.If moral rightness depended on circumstance, the same action-type could be simultaneously obligatory and prohibited, undermining coherent moral reasoning.
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    • 3.John Salisbury's own example of tyrannicide presupposes a fixed absolute—that innocent life must be protected—which grounds rather than negates the circumstantial judgment.
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    • 1.Aristotle's doctrine of the mean itself identifies fixed virtuous dispositions (courage, justice, temperance) whose identity is stable across circumstances even as their expression varies.
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    • 2.The claim conflates the application of a moral principle with the principle itself; circumstantial sensitivity in execution is compatible with the existence of inviolable moral absolutes.
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    • 1.Discretion with regard to time, place, amount, person, and cause draws the distinction between virtuous and vicious actions
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    • 2.Discretion is the origin and source of moderation, without which no duty is properly performed
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    • 3.Taking a human life is vicious in general, yet may be virtuous as a form of punishment or in a justly fought battle
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