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    It is not the case that No judgment can be called purely just in the present moment

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    • 1.Rawls's reflective equilibrium demonstrates that judgments can achieve principled coherence between rules and particular cases without residual injustice.
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    • 2.If a decision satisfies all relevant principles after careful deliberation, the absence of a perfect procedure does not entail the presence of injustice.
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    • 3.Derrida's argument conflates the epistemic difficulty of certifying justice with the metaphysical impossibility of its realization.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Aristotle's account of epieikeia shows that equity corrects legal universality by attending to particulars, producing judgments that are fully just rather than merely less unjust.
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    • 2.The existence of a practical virtue specifically enabling just particular judgments refutes the claim that calculation and singularity are irreconcilable sources of injustice.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Strict calculation—mechanically following a code—is unjust because it ignores the singularity of the case
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    • 2.Pure arbitrariness—ignoring codes entirely—is also unjust
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    • 3.Every decision necessarily involves both calculation and the unregulated re-institution of the law
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