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    It is not the case that Preferences may contain irreducibly subjective elements, such that different players in the same role may disagree about the relative desirability of outcomes.

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    • 1.Rational choice theory, from Von Neumann–Morgenstern onward, derives preferences from observable behavior, making them functionally objective within a decision context.
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    • 2.If preferences are revealed through consistent choices, apparent inter-player disagreement reflects incomplete information or bounded rationality, not irreducible subjectivity.
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    • 1.Rawls's device of the original position demonstrates that role-defined constraints can converge rational agents onto shared preference orderings, eliminating idiosyncratic variance.
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    • 2.Preferences that dissolve under idealized rational reflection are not irreducibly subjective but merely contingently subjective, a weaker and less philosophically significant claim.
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    • 1.Players may disagree about the relative desirability of certain outcomes even when assuming the same role in a game
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    • 2.Preferences are not fully determined by the role a player occupies in a game structure
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