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    It is not the case that If welfare were the basis of property rights, rights could be overridden whenever redistribution would produce greater aggregate benefit, collapsing rights into utilitarian calculus.

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    • 1.Many non-utilitarian frameworks (contractarian, capabilities-based) also ground rights in welfare without collapsing into pure utility calculus.
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    • 2.Utilitarian theory includes side-constraints and rule-consequentialism that protect individual rights even when maximizing aggregate benefit.
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    • 3.The claim conflates welfare-basis with unrestricted redistribution; welfare-focused rights can include thresholds and structural protections.
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    • 1.Rights grounded in welfare lack principled constraints; any redistribution maximizing utility becomes justified without limits.
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    • 2.Utilitarian logic permits sacrificing innocent individuals if aggregate benefit increases, violating rights' core protective function.
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    • 3.Welfare-based rights make property contingent on outcomes rather than inviolable, undermining security needed for autonomous planning.
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