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This concept allows individuals to act as “constrained maximizers” according to David Gauthier. Derek Parfit’s “Triple Theory” argues that Kantian ethics, rule consequentialism, and a system based on this concept converge to the same conclusion. Inspired by Carole Pateman, Charles W. Mills reformulated this concept along racial lines. (10[1])An ethical system based on this concept (10[1])was developed in T. M. Scanlon’s What We Owe to Each Other. A treatise on this concept, which argues that laws are not legitimate unless they follow the “general will,” (10[2]-5[1])opens “Man is born free, and everywhere (10[1])he (10[1])is in chains.” For 10 points, name this concept coined in a Jean-Jacques Rousseau book (10[1])that envisions communities (10[1])as agreeing to certain rights and responsibilities. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: social contract [accept contractarian ethics; accept contractualism]
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Michael ZhengAmherst ABowdoin B4710
Alex JiangBrown AHarvard A5410
EranBU ABowdoin A8410
Yrwin BatanMIT AYale A8410
Jiayi LiaoYale CNortheastern A84-5
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BClark A9110
Kayla DrajpuchA Brandeis SupremeDiamond Brandeis9210
Hanson HuynhBoston University BWilliams A10710
Madeline StrausTufts ACarabrandeis11010
Max WoodBrandeises BrewTufts B11710
Rajat SethiNortheastern AYale C11710