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    Strict lexical priority of basic liberties over material ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A just society should give priority to strictly protecting both basic liberties and FEO.

    Strict lexical priority of basic liberties over material welfare ignores that severe deprivation itself undermines the capacity for meaningful liberty.

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    • 1.A person starving or homeless cannot meaningfully exercise freedom of speech, assembly, or political participation due to survival demands.
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    • 2.Liberty requires both formal rights and real capability to exercise them; deprivation eliminates the latter regardless of legal protections.
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    • 3.Historical evidence shows societies prioritizing abstract rights over basic welfare produced populations too desperate to utilize freedoms.
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    • 1.Abandoning lexical priority creates a dangerous slope where welfare concerns justify restricting fundamental rights indefinitely.
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    • 2.Material needs are elastic and culturally variable, while basic liberties provide stable, universally applicable protections against state power.
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    • 3.History shows authoritarian regimes most often justify rights violations by claiming material welfare requires limiting freedom.
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