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    FDS demonstrably retains local valuing capacities—she for... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→FDS's good ought to be sacrificed for the sake of the good of the life as a whole, as articulated by EAS in her advance directive.

    FDS demonstrably retains local valuing capacities—she forms attachments, experiences enjoyment, and expresses preferences—sufficient to ground a competing claim of self-determination.

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    Key Terms

    Competing claim(in debates about rights or moral status)
    An argument or position that goes against another argument, suggesting there's more than one valid perspective on the same issue.
    Demonstrably(indicating that the evolutionary change can actually be shown to happen)
    Proven or shown clearly through evidence that can be observed or tested.
    FDS(as a reference to a person at a later stage of life)
    This appears to refer to 'Future Decision-Self' or 'Future Self'—the version of you that will exist later and might have different wishes or needs.
    Ground (as a verb)(as used in epistemology)
    To serve as the foundation or justification for a belief—to be the reason why you should accept something as true.
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    (in discussions of personhood and autonomy)
    The ability to care about things, to judge what matters to you, and to recognize what has worth or importance in your life.
    self-determination(international law and sovereignty)
    An internationally recognized legal principle under which peoples (not only states) can advance a claim to ultimate authority in international law

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