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    It is not the case that Conflating Kantian moral individualism with atomistic self-sufficiency commits a category error, attributing to liberalism a position its most rigorous defenders explicitly reject.

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    • 1.Liberal theory's emphasis on individual rights and contract-based foundations does encourage self-reliance assumptions, even if not explicitly endorsed by all theorists.
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    • 2.The gap between Kantian moral theory and liberal institutional practice creates real-world atomistic outcomes, making the distinction between stated principles and effects material.
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    • 1.Kant's categorical imperative requires rational agents to recognize mutual dignity, presupposing interdependent moral communities, not atomistic isolation.
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    • 2.Rawls and contemporary Kantian liberals explicitly ground justice in cooperative social frameworks, rejecting self-sufficiency as either possible or desirable.
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    • 3.Confusing Kant's autonomy (rational self-governance) with economic atomism misrepresents the philosophical tradition and weakens legitimate critiques of liberalism.
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