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    Challenges→The notational consequentializer is justified in accepting the first premise that any non-consequentialist theory can be recast as an act-consequentialist theory with equivalent deontic verdicts.

    If agent-relative values must presuppose agent-relative obligations to generate correct verdicts, then the consequentialized theory is not a genuine rival to deontology but merely a notational redescription of it.

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    Agent-relative obligations(as used in ethics)
    Rules or duties that apply differently depending on who you are and your specific situation, rather than being the same for everyone in every circumstance.
    Agent-relative values(ethics and value theory)
    Values or principles that are specific to a particular person or their perspective, rather than being universal rules that apply to everyone equally.
    Consequentialism/Consequentialized theory(ethical theory)
    An ethical theory that judges whether an action is right or wrong based entirely on its consequences or outcomes, not on the action itself.
    Generate correct verdicts(ethical theory)
    Produce the right answers or judgments about whether something is morally right or wrong.
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    A truly different and competing theory or explanation, as opposed to just a different way of saying the same thing.
    deontology(Used to characterize the view that general moral texts serve as the basis for rational action)
    A moral theory holding that it is rational to conform one's behavior and choices to certain general texts or rules
    notational redescription(philosophy of language and logic)
    A fancy way of rewriting or relabeling something without actually explaining what it really is—like renaming a problem instead of solving it.

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