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Sovereign choice
the capacity to direct one's own life according to standards that have been examined and endorsed rather than standards that have been inherited and never questioned
Why This Is a Definition
This definition establishes 'sovereign choice' by identifying its genus (capacity to direct one's own life) and differentia (according to examined and endorsed standards rather than inherited ones). It precisely captures the key distinction made in the lesson between choosing blindly versus choosing deliberately based on known values.