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    It is not the case that If justice were structurally always deferred, reform movements that produced measurable reductions in domination and arbitrary power could not count as progress toward justice, which contradicts our most confident moral data points.

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    • 1.Structural deferral means justice remains asymptotically unreachable even if domination decreases—progress and perpetual incompleteness coexist.
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    • 2.Confident moral intuitions about specific reforms can be reliable guides without implying we've achieved or can achieve ultimate justice.
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    • 3.The argument confuses 'measurable reduction in domination' with 'achievement of justice'—one is real, the other might legitimately remain deferred.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Empirically, abolishing slavery, extending suffrage, and reducing torture represent genuine moral improvements recognized across cultures.
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    • 2.If progress toward justice is conceptually impossible, moral reform becomes irrational, yet activists' success suggests they track real gains.
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    • 3.A theory denying measurable progress contradicts our firmest moral convictions more than it illuminates hidden structural problems.
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