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    Hume argues that long-established governments acquire leg... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→De facto obedience is neither necessary nor sufficient for establishing the legitimacy of a civil body

    Hume argues that long-established governments acquire legitimacy through custom and habit, making de facto continuity constitutive of de jure authority.

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    • 1.Psychological stability requires predictable authority; long-established governments provide this, making their legitimacy functionally necessary.
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    • 2.De facto continuity generates genuine consent through evolved social coordination; people accept stable orders they've lived within their entire lives.
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    • 3.Without custom-based legitimacy, every government would require constant philosophical justification to remain valid, making stable rule impossible.
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    • 1.Longevity of unjust rule (slavery, tyranny) does not make it legitimate; mere duration cannot convert de facto power into de jure authority.
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    • 2.Custom-based legitimacy conflates psychological habituation with moral justification; habit explains compliance but not why authority should exist.
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    • 3.This view immunizes oppressive regimes from legitimacy challenges by making their entrenchment their strongest defense, inverting justice.
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