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    Sacrificing external possessions can alter power structur... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→One can give up external possessions to maintain a family relationship without sacrificing real goods

    Sacrificing external possessions can alter power structures within a relationship in ways that constitute genuine harms to persons, not merely preferred indifferents.

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    • 1.Power asymmetries in relationships affect autonomy, self-respect, and one's capacity to resist exploitation or coercion.
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    • 2.Voluntary sacrifice of resources can create dependency that systematically constrains a person's future choices and agency.
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    • 3.Harms aren't limited to preference satisfaction; structural vulnerabilities that undermine dignity constitute genuine harms.
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    • 1.All relationships involve some power imbalance; calling every asymmetry a 'harm' conflates normal relational dynamics with injury.
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    • 2.Persons can meaningfully consent to power imbalances and choose dependency; their autonomous choices shouldn't be reframed as harms.
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    • 3.Without clear harm to welfare or rights, labeling outcomes 'genuine harms' rather than trade-offs inflates the concept harmfully.
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