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    It is not the case that A good ruler will display restraint and moderation despite divinely mandated power.

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    • 1.Absolute power structurally corrupts moral character over time, regardless of prior virtuous formation (Acton; Machiavelli, Discourses I.42).
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    • 2.Institutional incentives toward self-preservation systematically override individually cultivated virtues when the two conflict.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.John of Salisbury conflates divine mandate with moral constraint, but historical theocratic rulers routinely invoked divine authority to justify excess, not restraint.
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    • 2.A ruler who defines the limits of his own moderation lacks any external check, rendering the virtue claim empirically unfalsifiable and practically toothless.
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    • 1.The king's ingrained moral character, formed through careful instruction, necessarily guides him to seek justice and respect divine dictates.
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    • 2.The king is defined by moderation in all his deeds and decrees.
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