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    It is not the case that A scheme of coercion can only be legitimate if its basic terms could be accepted by those subject to it, making individual justifiability a condition of legitimacy.

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    • 1.Rational acceptability is counterfactual and indeterminate; actual subjects often reject legitimate schemes, making this test unworkable.
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    • 2.Some essential coercive functions (public health, infrastructure) may lack terms acceptable to all members without sacrificing collective goods.
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    • 3.Tying legitimacy to hypothetical individual consent ignores that valid authority sometimes derives from democratic procedures, not consent.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Coercion removes agents' autonomy, so only those who could rationally endorse it retain moral standing to accept its imposition.
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    • 2.Systems lacking individual justifiability depend on force alone, which is unstable; legitimacy requires willing compliance from subjects.
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    • 3.Moral equality demands that coercive rules apply reciprocally—principles I impose on others must be ones I could accept applied to myself.
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