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    Awareness of a binding norm or permission does not entail... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The concept of a right emerged simultaneously with reflective awareness of social norms, not at any later historically traceable point.

    Awareness of a binding norm or permission does not entail possession of the concept 'right' as a distinct, individuated entitlement held by a subject.

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    • 1.Pre-linguistic creatures follow norms (e.g., pack hierarchies) without concepts of entitlement or ownership.
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    • 2.Norm-awareness involves recognizing behavioral constraints, which is conceptually simpler than individuated property rights.
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    • 3.Historical societies enforced permissions/duties via custom without explicit 'rights' vocabulary or conceptual framework.
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    • 1.Awareness of binding norms presupposes recognition that *I* am bound or permitted, implying rudimentary subject-based individuation.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'my permission' from 'your permission' requires the conceptual apparatus the claim denies.
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    • 3.Even minimal norm-awareness in humans involves implicit claims about differential entitlements between agents.
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