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    It is not the case that A person deserves recognition as an independent being with ends of his own

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Personal identity is a fiction: Hume's bundle theory shows no persistent self exists to ground claims of independent being.
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    • 2.Without a stable self underlying agency, 'ends of one's own' dissolves into momentary desire-bundles deserving no special recognition.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Recognition is always conferred through social relations, not derived from intrinsic properties of isolated individuals (Hegel, Axel Honneth).
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    • 2.What a being deserves is therefore constituted by intersubjective practices, not metaphysical facts about independence or autonomy.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A person is in fact an independent being with ends of his own
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    • 2.What a thing is determines what recognition it deserves
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