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    Self-ownership confers moral benefits along two dimension... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The correct response to the tension between self-ownership's protection-dimension and use-dimension is to loosen the protection-dimension somewhat, not to reject self-ownership entirely.

    Self-ownership confers moral benefits along two dimensions: protections from unwanted uses of one's body, and liberties to use one's body.

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    This objection, however, is of dubious force as it presupposes an (even more) implausible conception of full self-ownership than its defenders have reason to endorse. Suppose we understand the moral benefits that self-ownership confers along two dimensions: protections from unwanted uses of our bodies, and liberties to use our bodies. As the objection points out, it is not possible to simultaneously maximize the value of both dimensions: our protections restrict our liberties by restricting the

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