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    It is not the case that Intimacy sufficient to generate prima facie duties of non-severance requires reciprocal recognition and mutual responsiveness, as defended by Macmurray and later relational theorists.

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    • 1.Parents have duties to severely disabled children incapable of reciprocal recognition, yet reciprocity condition seems to exclude this.
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    • 2.Reciprocity requirement risks making duties contingent on emotional performance rather than moral status of vulnerable parties.
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    • 3.Many significant relationships contain asymmetries; requiring equal responsiveness mischaracterizes duties arising from dependency itself.
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    • 1.Duties grounded only in unilateral commitment lack reciprocal accountability, making them unstable and prone to exploitation.
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    • 2.Mutual recognition creates shared vulnerability that grounds genuine obligation beyond mere individual preference or contract.
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    • 3.Responsiveness ensures duties track actual relational harm rather than abstract principles disconnected from lived interdependence.
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