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    Lon Fuller argued that law's inner morality is procedural... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→For something to claim legitimate authority, its directives must be identifiable as authoritative without relying on the very reasons those directives are meant to replace.

    Lon Fuller argued that law's inner morality is procedurally constituted, meaning legal authority is identified through criteria that are themselves partly normative and reason-laden.

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    Inner morality (of law)(Fuller's core argument)
    The idea that law has built-in moral requirements—it can't function without being somewhat fair, clear, and consistent, regardless of what specific rules it contains.
    Lon Fuller(named philosopher in the statement)
    A 20th-century legal philosopher who argued that laws have an internal morality—meaning an unjust legal system fails to be a real legal system at all, not just an immoral one.
    Procedurally constituted(describing how legal authority is formed)
    Something that is defined or created by the process or steps used to make it, rather than by its final result or what it looks like.
    Reason-laden(describing how legal criteria work)
    Full of reasoning and logic; not arbitrary, but based on good explanations and justification.

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    legal authority(as used in philosophy of law)
    The right or power of a government or legal system to make and enforce rules that people are supposed to follow.
    normative(in ethics and philosophy)
    Relating to how things should be or what people ought to do, rather than just describing how things actually are.

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