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    If wrongs cannot be aggregated across persons, then margi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A wrong to one person and a wrong to another person cannot be added together to constitute a single greater wrong.

    If wrongs cannot be aggregated across persons, then marginal inconveniences to sufficiently many people can never outweigh a serious harm to one, producing deeply counterintuitive verdicts.

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    Wrongs(as used in ethics)
    Actions that harm or unfairly treat someone else, violating their rights or dignity.
    aggregated(as describing how we might combine the values of many people's lives)
    Added together or combined into one total sum; treating individual values as parts of a larger whole.
    counterintuitive verdicts(in philosophy when a logical argument leads to strange results)
    Conclusions or judgments that go against what seems obviously right or makes common sense at first glance.
    marginal inconveniences(in weighing harms and benefits)
    Small, minor annoyances or difficulties that aren't very serious—like a small inconvenience or discomfort rather than something truly harmful.
    outweigh(in comparing different harms or benefits)

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