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    It is not the case that The existence of a common interest among individuals does not, by itself, provide those individuals with an incentive to act so as to realize that interest.

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    • 1.Elinor Ostrom's empirical research demonstrated that communities routinely self-govern shared resources through evolved norms without state coercion or privatization.
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    • 2.Olson's model presupposes atomistic rational actors, but actual agents are embedded in social relations that generate reciprocity obligations and reputational incentives.
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    • 3.When common interest is recognized as genuinely common, it constitutes a motivating reason for action under Kantian universalizability, not merely a coordination problem.
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    • 1.Rousseau's distinction between the will of all and the general will shows that common interest, once recognized as such, transforms individual motivation by redefining self-interest.
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    • 2.The claim conflates incentive with motive: common interest may not provide a self-interested incentive yet still furnishes a sufficient moral motive for rational, other-regarding agents.
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    • 1.Samuelson's pure theory of public expenditure demonstrated free-rider dynamics in public goods provision.
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    • 2.Hardin's tragedy of the commons demonstrated overexploitation of shared resources despite collective harm.
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    • 3.Olson's logic of collective action demonstrated that groups with shared interests often fail to mobilize for collective benefit.
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