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    It is not the case that Using state coercion to instill specific moral values treats citizens as subjects of moral formation rather than autonomous authors of their own ethical lives.

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    • 1.All social environments constrain choices; the question is whether constraints serve legitimate collective goods, not whether they exist.
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    • 2.Some foundational values (prohibitions on violence, theft) enable autonomous choice for others; coercing these doesn't undermine autonomy overall.
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    • 3.Citizens author their ethical lives within legal frameworks; law sets boundaries, not the content of personal moral conviction or reasoning.
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    • 1.Autonomy requires the capacity to deliberate and choose values without coercive pressure determining outcomes in advance.
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    • 2.State coercion operates through threats of punishment, which bypasses rational persuasion and replaces it with compliance.
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    • 3.Moral development through external force produces habit-following, not the reflective endorsement characteristic of genuine agency.
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