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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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