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    It is not the case that If moral value derived solely from self-legislation, beings lacking that capacity would have no intrinsic worth, a conclusion virtually all moral traditions reject.

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    • 1.The claim conflates 'self-legislation as sole source' with 'self-legislation as irrelevant'; intermediate positions exist and avoid the conclusion.
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    • 2.Universal moral consensus may reflect widespread intuition rather than philosophical truth; slavery was once widely endorsed across cultures.
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    • 3.Beings lacking self-legislation might derive worth from other capacities (sentience, potential, relational bonds) rather than legislative autonomy.
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    • 1.Infants, the severely cognitively disabled, and animals cannot self-legislate, yet most moral traditions affirm their intrinsic worth.
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    • 2.A theory's conclusion that contradicts near-universal moral consensus across cultures warrants serious skepticism about its premises.
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    • 3.If moral value requires self-legislation, then beings who lose this capacity (dementia patients) would lose their worth, which most reject.
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