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    It is not the case that A duty grounded in the preconditions of morality itself is categorically distinct from contingent social demands, and survives the objection that society lacks proprietary claims over labor or talent.

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    • 1.The distinction between 'foundational' and 'contingent' duties is contestable; social cooperation itself may be a precondition of any morality emerging.
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    • 2.Even if duties exist categorically, their scope and application require specification through social institutions; society's claims aren't eliminated but redirected.
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    • 3.Claiming duties 'survive' social objections begs the question against theorists who deny non-socially-constituted moral facts exist independently.
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    • 1.Morality requires rational agents capable of self-governance; duties protecting this capacity are foundational, not derivative from social contracts.
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    • 2.If society could override foundational moral duties via majority preference, morality would reduce to power, undermining its normative force entirely.
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    • 3.Duties rooted in preconditions of moral agency bind universally and necessarily, unlike contingent demands that vary across social arrangements.
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