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    Humans possess natural sociability and moral sentiments t... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The state or sovereign is necessary to ensure that individuals live harmoniously and assist one another.

    Humans possess natural sociability and moral sentiments that generate cooperative norms prior to and independent of sovereign enforcement.

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    • 1.Humans show spontaneous empathy and reciprocal altruism in infants before socialization, suggesting innate moral foundations.
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    • 2.Cooperative norms emerge organically in stateless societies and small groups without centralized enforcement mechanisms.
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    • 3.Evolutionary game theory demonstrates cooperation succeeds as strategy, indicating natural selection favored moral sentiments.
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    • 1.Large-scale cooperation consistently requires institutional enforcement; commons tragedies persist absent sovereign coercion.
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    • 2.Moral sentiments vary dramatically across cultures, suggesting they're socially constructed rather than natural universals.
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    • 3.Historical violence and exploitation within societies show moral norms insufficient without power structures to punish violations.
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