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    Supports→The Argument from Institutional Desert (AID) is false or morally defective

    AID's failure to require this fittingness condition means it cannot distinguish legitimate from monstrous institutional demands, rendering it morally defective as a general theory.

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    AID(The position being criticized in the passage.)
    Actual Institution-Dependent account of desert: the view that desert is wholly determined by entitlements under actual institutional rules.
    Fittingness condition(as a standard for evaluating whether demands are justified)
    A requirement that something should be appropriate or suitable in a particular context—here, whether an institutional demand properly matches the situation or values it's supposed to serve.
    Institutional demands(as the things being evaluated for legitimacy)
    Requirements or expectations that come from organizations, systems, or formal structures (like schools, governments, or companies) that people are expected to follow.
    Monstrous(as a description of the worst kinds of institutional demands)
    In philosophy, something shockingly wrong or harmful in a way that violates basic moral principles; extremely unethical.

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    general theory(a theory of punishment that applies everywhere, not just in legal systems)
    A broad set of principles or ideas that can explain many different examples or situations, not just one specific case.
    morally defective(as a judgment about someone's ethics)
    Having a flaw or failing in your moral character—not living up to what it means to be a good, ethical person.

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