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    It is not the case that Differential valuation by accomplishment or usefulness presupposes a ranking authority whose legitimacy is itself morally contestable within a community of equals.

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    • 1.Communities routinely accept ranking authorities (expertise-based, democratically chosen) whose legitimacy derives from function, not pre-existing moral status.
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    • 2.Refusing to value differential accomplishment doesn't eliminate ranking; it merely hides the authority making implicit valuations under claims of equality.
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    • 3.Equals can rationally agree that certain accomplishments warrant recognition without thereby surrendering their equal moral status or dignity.
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    • 1.Any authority that ranks people by accomplishment implicitly claims superior judgment about what counts as valuable within that community.
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    • 2.In genuinely equal communities, no member possesses pre-established moral authority to impose their value standards on others without consent.
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    • 3.Differential valuation systems require enforcement mechanisms that depend on accepting some members' authority as legitimate—a claim equal members can rightfully contest.
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