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    It is not the case that A whole that necessarily produces and sustains good-bearing entities cannot be axiologically neutral, as productive causation transmits relevant properties to effects.

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    • 1.Properties can emerge in effects without existing in causes (e.g., wetness from H2O molecules, consciousness from neurons).
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    • 2.Productive causation may transmit structure or organization rather than axiological content, making values emergent properties.
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    • 3.A system can be axiologically neutral regarding its own nature while necessarily producing good-bearing entities through its laws.
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    • 1.Causation involves transfer of properties from cause to effect, as seen in physical and metaphysical production.
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    • 2.If a whole necessarily produces good-bearing entities, goodness-related properties must be present in the productive process.
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    • 3.A thing lacking axiological properties cannot consistently generate entities possessing them through its operations.
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