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    It is not the case that An agreement to become the slave or serf of another is void.

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    • 1.Self-ownership entails the right to alienate any property one owns, including one's own labor and liberty, as Locke's framework implies.
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    • 2.A contract voluntarily entered under full information and without coercion is a legitimate exercise of autonomy, not a violation of it.
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    • 3.Prohibiting voluntary self-enslavement paternalistically overrides individual rational agency in a manner inconsistent with liberal principles.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Mill's harm principle permits any action that does not harm others, and voluntary self-subjugation primarily affects only the consenting party.
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    • 2.Voiding such agreements coercively imposes a conception of the good life on individuals who may rationally prefer security or belonging over autonomy.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Equal freedom for all persons sets limits on the extent to which one may subject oneself to the will of others.
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    • 2.Slavery and serfdom constitute subjecting oneself entirely to the will of another.
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