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

ANSWER: social contract [accept contractarian ethics; accept contractualism]
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Justin LeeImperial AManchester34-5
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge ACambridge C4110
Benjamin WatsonOxford BDurham A4710
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick B4710
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge B6510
Cormac BeirneLSE ABristol A7110
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton AWarwick A8910
Edward FogelBirminghamImperial B9510
Henry JamesonLSE BBristol B95-5
Percy YuenCambridge DSouthampton9510
Lovel HearnEdinburghDurham B10910
Lily MorrisBristol BLSE B11710
Kai MadgwickManchesterImperial A11810