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Summary
If it makes others more virtuous → do it.
If it makes others less virtuous → don't do it.
For people who are more virtuous → praise makes them less virtuous.
For people who are less virtuous → praise makes them more virtuous.
Nobody except for the more virtuous deserve praise. In other words, if you’re not the more virtuous, you don’t deserve praise. If you are the more virtuous, then you do deserve praise.
Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
People who are more virtuous should not be praised (because it will make them less virtuous).
People who are less virtuous should be praised (because it will make them more virtuous).
People who deserve praise (the more virtuous) should not be praised.
People who do not deserve praise (the less virtuous) should be praised.
(Make sure to keep “should be praised” and “deserve praise” distinct. These are not the same concepts.)
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d
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e
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