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• Which objection most directly rebuts the Lockean labor theory of ownership?
• The Lockean argument holds that A’s labor or appropriation can generate an ownership claim to the object.
• The most direct rebuttal must challenge whether A’s acquisition can generate a legitimate ownership right.
• A committed a moral wrong while acquiring the object.
• A is richer than B, although B has a much greater need for the object.
• Giving rights to A would create incentives for conduct that is more harmful than beneficial.
• This directly challenges A’s entitlement because wrongful acquisition undermines the claim that A’s labor generated a valid property right.
• B’s greater need concerns distributive fairness, not whether A acquired the original ownership claim.
• The incentive objection evaluates the consequences of granting rights, rather than directly denying the Lockean basis of A’s title.
• Therefore, option (a) most directly rebuts the Lockean labor theory argument.