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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. An ethical system based on this concept 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,” opens “Man is born free, and everywhere (10[1])he is in chains.” (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, name this concept (10[1]-5[1])coined in a Jean-Jacques Rousseau (10[1])book (10[1])that envisions communities as agreeing to certain rights and responsibilities. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: social contract [accept contractarian ethics; accept contractualism]
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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%81.67
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%92.50
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%88.43
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%38%106.63
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%93.00
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y580%0%60%108.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%18%81.27

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brynn JonesOregon StateIowa9110
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C9510
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E95-5
Rishi Swaminathan (D2)NYU AOle Miss95-5
Ruchir Bodicherla (UG)NYU BArkansas101-5
Jisoo YooTexas AVassar B10110
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ATexas D10610
Owen Arneson (D2)MissouriColorado College10710
Dylan Randall (D2)Ole MissNYU A11710
Gerrit Severeid (UG)McGill EMississippi State11810
Alexander Tenace (D2)ArkansasNYU B11810