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    It is not the case that If dignity is conferred by social recognition rather than inherent in the concept, 'person' carries no more essential dignity than 'individual'.

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    • 1.Social recognition's variability doesn't prove dignity is conferred by it—merely that recognition of dignity varies inconsistently.
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    • 2.Lack of social protection for vulnerable groups reflects moral failure, not evidence dignity isn't inherent; we fail to recognize what exists.
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    • 3.Personhood's legal status changing doesn't establish dignity's source; legal systems can misidentify or deny what is genuinely inherent.
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    • 1.Dignity historically varies by culture and time, suggesting it's socially constructed rather than universally inherent.
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    • 2.If dignity were inherent, beings without social recognition (infants, isolated individuals) would possess equal dignity, yet they lack social protections.
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    • 3.'Person' status has been legally withdrawn and reinstated across history, proving social recognition determines dignity assignments.
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