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    It is not the case that A right that cannot be waived or exercised by its holder is not a personal right but a regulatory classification imposed from without.

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    • 1.Some rights are inherently non-waivable by design (e.g., right not to be tortured) yet remain genuinely personal, protecting core dignity.
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    • 2.The ability to waive a right and the right's legitimacy are distinct; inalienability can reflect respect for persons rather than external imposition.
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    • 3.Children possess genuine personal rights they cannot exercise or waive, yet we don't reduce these to mere regulatory classifications.
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    • 1.Personal autonomy requires the capacity to make meaningful choices about one's own interests, including refusing benefits others deem valuable.
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    • 2.If an authority can override a holder's exercise of a claimed right, that authority—not the holder—possesses the actual right to decide.
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    • 3.Inalienable protections (like prohibition on self-sale into slavery) reflect external moral limits, not the nature of rights themselves.
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