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    Challenges→Rousseau faces a problem about how a new state can come to have good laws.

    If citizens possess the capacity for rational autonomy independent of prior institutions, the corruption argument in P3 does not preclude their ability to will genuinely good laws.

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    Key Terms

    Institutions(the main subject being discussed)
    Formal or informal systems of rules and organizations (like governments, markets, or legal systems) that structure how people interact and make decisions.
    P3(as referenced in formal logic or philosophical argumentation)
    A specific rule or principle (probably the third one in a list) being discussed in the larger argument.
    Preclude(as used in logic and argumentation)
    To prevent something from happening or to rule something out.
    Rational autonomy(as what Kant believed was undermined by causal necessity)
    The freedom to govern yourself through your own reasoning and decisions, rather than being controlled by forces outside your conscious control.
    The corruption argument

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    (as used in this specific philosophical debate)
    A philosophical claim (referred to as 'P3' in this text) that argues institutions or external influences damage or weaken people's ability to think and act properly.
    Will (as a verb)(as used in philosophy of action and ethics)
    To consciously choose or decide to bring something about through your own agency.
    autonomy(Used to ground worker rights to self-governance in the workplace)
    The right to freely determine one's own actions

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