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    It is not the case that Collective moral responsibility cannot be transferred to individuals who lack direct causal agency over institutional wrongs.

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    • 1.Individuals benefit from institutional wrongs (unjust salaries, stolen land) regardless of direct causal role.
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    • 2.Moral responsibility includes duties to reform unjust systems one participates in, even without sole causation.
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    • 3.Requiring direct causal agency protects beneficiaries of injustice from remedial obligations they easily avoid.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires causal power: one cannot be obligated to fix what one cannot influence or control.
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    • 2.Holding non-causal agents responsible is unjust; it punishes people for others' decisions and actions.
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    • 3.Collective responsibility diffuses accountability, making it harder to identify and reform actual wrongdoers.
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