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    Ownership of labor does not entail ownership of every obj... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→When an individual labors on an unowned object, rights to control over that object are generated.

    Ownership of labor does not entail ownership of every object with which labor is causally entangled, only the value added by that labor.

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    • 1.Raw materials exist independent of any laborer's effort, so ownership should track contribution rather than causal contact.
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    • 2.Limiting ownership to value-added prevents unjust enrichment and respects prior claims to natural resources.
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    • 3.This principle enables multiple parties to have legitimate interests in the same object without contradiction.
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    • 1.Value addition is often inseparable from the object itself, making the distinction between object and added-value incoherent.
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    • 2.Without control over the material substrate, laborers cannot secure the fruits of their labor from others' interference.
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    • 3.Determining what portion of an object constitutes 'added value' requires arbitrary, disputable calculations.
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