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    Challenges→The objection that self-ownership is internally inconsistent due to the tension between protections and liberties is of dubious force.

    The objection presupposes an implausibly strong conception of full self-ownership that maximizes the protection-dimension.

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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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