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    It is not the case that The basic structure of a society requires justification.

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    • 1.Basic social structures emerge from evolved conventions and practices that precede and exceed the reach of deliberate justification.
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    • 2.Demanding justification presupposes a standpoint external to all social structures, but no such Archimedean point exists for evaluators.
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    • 3.Hayek's spontaneous order thesis holds that the demand for justification systematically distorts structures whose value lies in their non-designed character.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Hume argued that existing property and political institutions derive legitimacy from habituated consent and utility, not prior rational justification.
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    • 2.Requiring justification for the basic structure smuggles in a rationalist standard of legitimacy that begs the question against conventionalist accounts of political authority.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The basic structure of a society has pervasive influence on citizens' life prospects, goals, attitudes, relationships, and characters.
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    • 2.Institutions that have pervasive influence on people's lives require justification.
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