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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
Percy YuenCambridge DSouthampton9510
Henry JamesonLSE BBristol B95-5
Lovel HearnEdinburghDurham B10910
Lily MorrisBristol BLSE B11710
Kai MadgwickManchesterImperial A11810