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    It is not the case that Special obligations generate agent-relative reasons that structurally override, not merely outweigh, competing general duties in cases of genuine conflict.

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    • 1.The distinction between 'structural override' and 'outweighing' is metaphysically unclear; both describe one reason defeating another in deliberation.
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    • 2.If special obligations structurally override general duties, we cannot coherently explain tragic cases where both obligations seem genuinely binding yet irreconcilable.
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    • 3.Extreme cases (betraying one's country to save one child) suggest that special obligations do not uniformly override; context and consequences still matter morally.
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    • 1.Parental duties to one's child structurally differ from duties to strangers; a parent cannot equally distribute care without violating the relationship itself.
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    • 2.If special obligations merely outweighed general duties, their normative force would be contingent on circumstantial weight-calculations rather than constitutive of the relationship.
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    • 3.Our strongest moral convictions (e.g., that parents need not sacrifice children for strangers) suggest structural priority, not just preponderance of reasons.
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