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    It is not the case that Without a defensible metaphysics of the Absolute, the alleged harm to a 'larger whole' has no ontological ground to generate moral obligations.

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    • 1.Moral obligations to individuals (whose metaphysics is equally debated) ground duties to wholes; no special justification needed.
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    • 2.Ecosystems, societies, and institutions causally affect individuals; causal reality suffices for moral relevance without 'Absolute.'
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    • 3.The claim conflates metaphysical precision with moral bindingness; relational and emergent wholes generate obligations without absolute grounding.
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    • 1.Moral obligations require grounding in something real; abstract wholes without ontological status cannot ground duties.
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    • 2.Without metaphysical foundations, appeals to collective harm reduce to subjective preference aggregation, not genuine obligations.
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    • 3.Kant and contractarians successfully ground morality in rational agents; holistic systems lack equivalent clarity or justification.
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