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    It is not the case that Requiring natural kind identification as a precondition for valid analogy would falsely invalidate cross-domain analogies central to theoretical reasoning in law and ethics.

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    • 1.Cross-domain analogies without natural kind constraints risk equivocation; legal duties in contract differ structurally from tort duties in ways that matter.
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    • 2.Success in law and ethics may depend on implicit natural kind assumptions practitioners make unconsciously, not on abandoning such requirements entirely.
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    • 3.Weak analogies between domains (like comparing markets to ecosystems) often mislead policy without natural kind constraints providing necessary boundaries.
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    • 1.Legal reasoning routinely employs analogies across domains (contract law to tort law) without identifying natural kinds, yet produces sound conclusions.
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    • 2.Natural kind requirements assume stable essences exist; many analogical domains lack determinate essences yet remain epistemically fruitful.
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    • 3.Ethical analogies between human and animal suffering guide policy despite uncertainty about natural boundaries between species-categories.
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