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    It is not the case that Contractarian theories avoid assuming that persons have preferences for moral behavior as such, grounding rules of morality or justice in rational self-interest instead.

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    • 1.Gauthier's own contractarianism requires agents capable of 'constrained maximization,' which presupposes a disposition to honor agreements independent of immediate self-interest.
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    • 2.A disposition to comply with fair agreements even when defection is undetected cannot be derived from pure self-interest without presupposing some proto-moral motivational structure.
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    • 1.Rawls argued that parties in the original position are motivated by a sense of justice as a highest-order interest, not merely rational self-interest.
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    • 2.If contractarian theories must smuggle in moral preferences to generate stable agreements, the claim that they avoid assuming moral motivation is self-undermining.
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    • 1.Contractarian theories embrace a high standard for motivating making and keeping agreements.
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    • 2.Persons' interests do not necessarily include the well-being of others.
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