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    It is not the case that Faden and Beauchamp's autonomy framework distinguishes degrees of substantial autonomy, showing that honoring self-determination does not require treating it as an on/off property.

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    • 1.Degrees of autonomy create ambiguity about when intervention is permissible, risking paternalism under the guise of respecting partial autonomy.
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    • 2.Moral respect for persons may require treating autonomy as categorical—either an agent has standing to determine their fate or they don't.
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    • 1.Real-world decision-making shows variable autonomy: someone can be autonomous about medical choices but not financial ones due to expertise differences.
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    • 2.A graduated framework avoids the implausible consequence that slightly compromised consent (mild coercion) eliminates all moral standing to refuse.
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    • 3.Respecting persons means proportioning intervention to their actual capacity level, not applying uniform all-or-nothing autonomy standards.
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