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    It is not the case that On this pre-emptive reasons account, law's normativity derives from its epistemic service function, not from a foundational moral obligation to obey.

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    • 1.If law's normativity is merely epistemic, it becomes optional whenever we're confident our own reasoning is superior—undermining legal order.
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    • 2.Laws that forbid harmful acts derive normativity from independent moral reasons, not from serving as epistemic guides to those reasons.
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    • 3.An account of law without foundational moral obligation cannot explain why citizens have duties to obey even when disagreeing with laws.
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    • 1.Laws often guide us toward decisions we'd reach through individual reasoning, making their value epistemic rather than command-based.
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    • 2.We can explain legal compliance without assuming a moral duty to obey: people follow laws because they're reliable decision-guides.
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    • 3.Grounding normativity in moral obligation to obey creates problems (unjust laws, disagreement about which laws bind us morally).
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