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    It is not the case that Exploitation can be wrongful solely through unfair distribution of surplus value, without any instrumentalization of vulnerability (Roemer 1982).

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    • 1.Wrongful exploitation requires some element of wrongful *taking* or *using*; unfair distribution alone may constitute injustice but not exploitation specifically.
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    • 2.Vulnerability-free transactions in perfectly competitive markets with unequal starting positions seem unfair, not exploitative in the ordinary moral sense.
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    • 3.If Roemer's claim divorces exploitation from vulnerability entirely, it loses explanatory grip on why we call some surplus-taking exploitation rather than mere inequality.
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    • 1.Wrongfulness can attach to structural outcomes (unfair distributions) independent of individual intentions or exploitation of vulnerability.
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    • 2.If workers receive less value than they produce through market mechanisms, this injustice exists regardless of whether employers deliberately exploit weakness.
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    • 3.Roemer's mathematical model shows unequal asset ownership alone generates surplus extraction without requiring coercion or vulnerability manipulation.
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