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    If the loose league is structurally incapable of generati... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Kant's defense of the loose league is more consistent when interpreted as an advocacy for the loose league as a first step toward a stronger federation with coercive powers.

    If the loose league is structurally incapable of generating compliance, reinterpreting it as a transitional stage cannot rescue its coherence without abandoning Kant's own antipathy toward coercive world government.

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    Key Terms

    Antipathy(describing Kant's philosophical opposition to forced world government)
    A strong feeling of dislike or opposition toward something.
    Coercive world government(describing a type of global authority that Kant opposed)
    A single government ruling the entire world that forces people to obey through threats, punishment, or violence rather than consent.
    Compliance(describing whether a league can get its members to actually follow its rules)
    When people follow rules, laws, or agreements because they accept them (not just because they're forced to).
    Kant / Kantian(as the philosopher whose theory is being discussed)
    Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher who argued that our minds actively shape how we experience the world, rather than passively receiving it. 'Kantian' means relating to his ideas.

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    Structurally incapable(suggesting the league's basic design prevents it from working)
    Unable to do something because of how it's fundamentally built or organized, not because of temporary problems that could be fixed.
    Transitional stage(suggesting the league might be reinterpreted as a temporary arrangement)
    A temporary phase or stepping stone that exists between one state and another, meant to eventually lead somewhere different.

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