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    It is not the case that If the philosophical tradition most committed to capacity-based equal status actually entails gradations, the all-or-nothing claim lacks its strongest historical support.

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    • 1.Distinguishing between capacity possession and moral status application allows equal status despite graduated capacities—no contradiction exists.
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    • 2.One tradition's internal inconsistency doesn't invalidate all-or-nothing approaches; different frameworks may avoid the problem entirely.
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    • 3.The claim conflates descriptive capacity variation with normative status assignment—these require separate theoretical justification, not parallel reasoning.
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    • 1.Kantian dignity theory, historically the strongest capacity-based framework, does recognize graduated moral status based on rational capacity degrees.
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    • 2.If the most rigorous tradition permits gradations, claiming all-or-nothing equality lacks historical precedent among serious capacity theorists.
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    • 3.Historical fidelity matters for philosophical arguments: misrepresenting a tradition's actual commitments weakens foundational support claims.
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