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    It is not the case that The idea of self-ownership is neither as simple nor as clear-cut as it initially appears

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    • 1.Positive law recognizes a wide variety of ownership arrangements consisting of very different kinds of rights than the self-ownership theorist defends
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    • 2.There may be no clear general notion of ownership to which one can appeal to defend self-ownership
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    • 3.Ownership claims may be conclusions of intricate moral or legal arguments rather than foundational concepts
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.G.A. Cohen's critique shows self-ownership is compatible with both libertarian freedom and severe material deprivation, revealing internal normative indeterminacy.
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    • 2.If self-ownership underdetermines distributional outcomes, it cannot be the foundational concept libertarians claim it is without supplementary moral premises.
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    • 1.The boundary between self and world is philosophically contested: Parfit's reductionism and Merleau-Ponty's embodiment theory both destabilize the discrete self that ownership presupposes.
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    • 2.Without a settled metaphysical account of personal identity over time, the subject of self-ownership claims lacks the continuity required for stable property relations.
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