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    If there is nothing that is any more just, then it cannot... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Annihilationism is against the justice of God

    If there is nothing that is any more just, then it cannot be against the principles of justice

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    • 1.Justice requires comparison: an action violates justice only if a better alternative exists that we should have chosen instead.
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    • 2.If all available options are equally just, then none can be condemned as unjust since none fails to meet the standard of justice.
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    • 3.Moral blame presupposes the agent could have done otherwise justly; without such alternatives, condemnation becomes incoherent.
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    • 1.Justice is defined by fixed principles (respect rights, treat equals equally), not by comparative better/worse alternatives among options.
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    • 2.An action can violate justice even if all alternatives are equally unjust—e.g., torturing innocents remains unjust regardless of context.
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    • 3.The claim confuses 'most just available option' with 'just action'; these differ fundamentally in moral evaluation.
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