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    It is not the case that Liberal institutions can remain stable through reasonable pluralism without requiring any particular conception of the self as foundational.

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    • 1.Procedural rules themselves embed implicit assumptions about agency, autonomy, and rationality—unstated conceptions of the self.
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    • 2.Without shared anthropological ground, competing self-conceptions will generate irresolvable conflicts over rights, duties, and justice itself.
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    • 3.Claiming neutrality on the self masks rather than solves foundational disagreement, creating instability disguised as consensus.
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    • 1.Overlapping consensus on fair procedures can sustain cooperation without agreement on metaphysical foundations about human nature.
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    • 2.Historical stability of diverse societies shows institutions endure despite citizens holding incompatible conceptions of personhood.
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    • 3.Requiring foundational anthropology risks excluding legitimate worldviews and threatens the pluralism such institutions claim to protect.
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