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    An act performed under conditions where the alternative i... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Persons in modern nation-states do not have special political obligations grounded in tacit consent.

    An act performed under conditions where the alternative is severe harm or loss of fundamental status cannot constitute voluntary consent in any morally meaningful sense.

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    • 1.Consent requires a meaningful ability to refuse. When refusal means severe harm, the alternative is illusory, not genuinely available.
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    • 2.Coercion that exploits desperation undermines autonomy as much as explicit force does, just through different mechanisms.
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    • 3.A just society shouldn't treat agreements made under duress as morally binding, since they don't reflect authentic preference.
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    • 1.Many legitimate choices involve picking the least bad option among constrained alternatives—this doesn't eliminate consent's moral validity.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'coerced consent' from voluntary consent requires criteria; severity of stakes alone can't determine the boundary.
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    • 3.If background conditions (poverty, illness) automatically void consent, we invalidate vast categories of real-world agreements people genuinely want.
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