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    If tacit consent requires explicit contextual conditions,... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Refraining from or performing an action can only count as indicative of consent when specific conditions are satisfied.

    If tacit consent requires explicit contextual conditions, then the vast majority of political obligations lack a valid consensual foundation, reducing the theory to near-universal non-applicability.

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    Consensual foundation(in arguments about why governments have the right to rule)
    The idea that something is legitimate or justified because people actually agreed to it.
    Contextual conditions(in defining what makes consent real)
    Specific circumstances or requirements that need to be present for something to be true or valid in a particular situation.
    Explicit(as used in this philosophical statement)
    Completely clear and fully spelled out, leaving no room for guessing or interpretation.
    Non-applicability(in describing how a theory fails to work)
    The state of not being useful, relevant, or able to be applied to a situation.
    Political obligations(in political philosophy)

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    The moral duties citizens have to obey laws and support their government—like the question of why we should follow laws.
    tacit consent(Lockean political philosophy)
    A form of consent that is valid when given to a proposal made by someone with the right to make it, and does not require the proposer to already hold constituted authority.

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