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    It is not the case that Nozick's libertarian framework holds that rights function as side-constraints that fully define the moral boundaries of permissible action.

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    • 1.Rights themselves require justification; treating them as foundational side-constraints begs the question of their source.
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    • 2.Absolute side-constraints can produce absurd outcomes: preventing minor rights violations even to stop catastrophic harms.
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    • 3.Moral boundaries likely involve multiple considerations beyond rights, including virtue, flourishing, and contextual responsibilities.
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    • 1.Individual rights protect against utilitarian trade-offs that sacrifice innocent people for aggregate welfare gains.
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    • 2.Side-constraints provide clear, enforceable moral rules that prevent arbitrary expansion of permissible coercion.
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    • 3.Respecting persons as ends requires absolute constraints on violating their basic rights, not consequentialist calculations.
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