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    It is not the case that If deontological constraints admit of thresholds, then wrong acts must be comparable in magnitude, implying a scalar structure subject to aggregation.

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    • 1.Thresholds can be ordinal (comparative) without being scalar (quantitative): X is worse than Y without measuring magnitude.
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    • 2.Aggregation presupposes violations are fungible and additive, but deontological wrongs may involve incommensurable moral categories.
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    • 3.A constraint could have sharp thresholds based on qualitative differences (e.g., intent vs. consequence) rather than scalar accumulation.
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    • 1.Thresholds necessarily involve degrees: a constraint applies below threshold T but not above, requiring magnitude comparisons.
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    • 2.If wrongs lack scalar structure, we cannot rationally justify why one threshold applies rather than another.
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    • 3.Aggregation enables principled distinction between many minor violations and one catastrophic violation triggering threshold.
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