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    It is not the case that An owner has a property right because ownership makes the owner better off

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    • 1.Rights can be grounded in autonomy and agency rather than welfare, as Kant argues that rights protect rational self-legislation regardless of benefit.
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    • 2.An owner may hold a property right even when ownership makes them worse off, such as inheriting a liability-laden estate, which severs the welfare-right link.
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    • 1.Nozick's entitlement theory holds that property rights derive from just acquisition and transfer, not from whether ownership improves the holder's condition.
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    • 2.If welfare were the basis of property rights, rights could be overridden whenever redistribution would produce greater aggregate benefit, collapsing rights into utilitarian calculus.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The function of a right is to further the right-holder's interests
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    • 2.Ownership makes owners better off
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