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    Therefore, the slave counterexample exposes that AID conf... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The Argument from Institutional Desert (AID) is false or morally defective

    Therefore, the slave counterexample exposes that AID conflates institutional recognition of desert with genuine desert, confirming AID is morally defective.

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    • 1.Institutional systems can systematically deny recognition to those who genuinely deserve it based on unjust social hierarchies.
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    • 2.True desert is grounded in an individual's actual merit or conduct, independent of what authorities acknowledge or reward.
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    • 3.A theory conflating these concepts cannot distinguish justified from unjustified deprivations, making it morally unreliable.
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    • 1.Desert claims themselves depend partly on socially established practices; there is no purely pre-institutional desert to appeal to.
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    • 2.The slave case shows institutions can fail, but this challenges AID's application, not the conceptual distinction itself.
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    • 3.AID theorists can acknowledge institutional failure while maintaining that genuine desert exists beyond current recognition.
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