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    Challenges→Citizens' allegiance is shaped by particular cultural, religious, and communal identities that precede and constrain abstract principles of justice.

    The claim conflates psychological influence with logical constraint; that identities *shape* allegiance doesn't prove abstract justice cannot also motivate or override such allegiances.

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    Key Terms

    Abstract justice(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    The idea of fairness and rightness as a general principle or concept, separate from any particular person's feelings about it.
    Allegiance(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    Loyalty or commitment to a person, group, cause, or idea.
    Conflate(the criticism being made in the statement)
    To mistakenly treat two different things as if they were the same thing.
    Logical constraint(as opposed to how causation actually works)
    A rule that must be true just by definition or by the laws of logic, regardless of what the physical world is actually like.
    Override(as used in ethics)

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    Psychological influence(as used in philosophy of mind and ethics)
    The way our feelings, experiences, and mental state affect what we think, believe, or want to do.

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