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    A concept that inherits its meaning from an indeterminate... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The indeterminacy of ownership in positive law poses no objection to self-ownership theory

    A concept that inherits its meaning from an indeterminate source cannot generate determinate rights over persons without smuggling in prior normative commitments.

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    • 1.Indeterminate sources lack fixed content, so any determinate conclusion from them requires additional specifications not found in the source itself.
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    • 2.Rights claims demand justification grounded in identifiable values; appeal to vague foundations leaves open questions about which rights follow.
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    • 3.Without prior normative commitments, we cannot distinguish legitimate rights from arbitrary impositions on persons' freedoms and autonomy.
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    • 1.Determinacy can emerge from indeterminate sources through logical derivation; vague principles often generate specific obligations via valid reasoning.
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    • 2.All normative reasoning involves some prior commitments; the claim assumes a non-circular foundation exists, which may be impossible for any view.
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    • 3.Rights can derive from structural features (like mutual vulnerability) that sources express indeterminately but still generate coherent, binding constraints.
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