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A failure mode of constitutional capital where authority is re-personalised through ethical justification. When actors invoke virtue—fairness, justice, compassion—to justify exceptions to constitutional rules, personal judgment is re-legitimised as a basis for renewal decisions. Authority is no longer structural; it is moralised and re-personalised.
A steward argues that a particular institution 'deserves' continued funding based on its impact, overriding the constitutional rule that determines renewal automatically. The intention is benevolent, but the structural effect is identical to discretionary renewal.
CC Section 6