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    It is not the case that Humans possess natural sociability and moral sentiments that generate cooperative norms prior to and independent of sovereign enforcement.

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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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    • 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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