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    It is not the case that If the validity of a right depended on social enforcement, then societies that systematically fail to protect rights would thereby extinguish those rights, which is morally absurd.

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    • 1.Rights might be social constructs whose meaning and existence are constitutively dependent on institutional frameworks.
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    • 2.We can critique oppressive regimes without assuming pre-social rights—we appeal to alternative social values they should adopt.
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    • 3.Unenforced rights lack practical content; calling them 'valid' but ineffective may confuse moral ideals with actual rights.
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    • 1.Rights express moral truths about human dignity that exist independently of whether societies recognize them.
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    • 2.If rights vanished when unenforced, we couldn't coherently criticize oppressive regimes for violating rights.
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    • 3.Moral validity and social enforcement are logically distinct categories; confusing them undermines moral progress.
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