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    It is not the case that A person may be governed by an institution even without endorsing or consenting to it

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    • 1.Legitimate political authority requires a justificatory relationship between the governed and the governing institution, not mere coercive power.
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    • 2.Wolff's anarchist argument holds that autonomous agents cannot surrender moral judgment to any authority without self-contradiction.
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    • 3.A court's de facto power to sentence does not establish de jure authority, as Locke distinguishes force from rightful governance in the Second Treatise.
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    • 1.Rawls argues in 'Legal Obligation and the Duty of Fair Play' that governance without consent binds only when institutions satisfy principles of justice.
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    • 2.If an institution is systematically unjust, Thoreau and King's civil disobedience tradition holds the moral obligation to comply is nullified or reversed.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A criminal justice system exists in a state
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    • 2.A person who lives in that state and is charged with a crime falls under its rules
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    • 3.The person is found guilty and sentenced by a duly established court
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