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    It is not the case that Practical difficulty in exercising a right does not constitute constraint on autonomy unless the difficulty is deliberately imposed by a rights-violating agent.

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    • 1.Structural inequalities (poverty, disability, geography) systematically prevent exercise of rights without requiring individual deliberate agents.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'difficulty' and 'constraint' is conceptually unclear; both meaningfully limit the autonomy available to an agent.
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    • 3.Society collectively creates practical conditions; holding only intentional violators accountable ignores systemic responsibility for autonomy.
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    • 1.Autonomy concerns the freedom from external coercion, not the presence of all conditions needed to exercise rights effectively.
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    • 2.Natural scarcity and circumstantial difficulty are morally distinct from intentional interference by agents accountable for rights violations.
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    • 3.Without this distinction, we conflate inability with constraint, making agents responsible for barriers beyond their causal control.
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