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    Challenges→Deontological theories face a problem in determining criteria for permissible risk imposition that cannot be resolved using only their internal resources.

    Reasonable rejectability is a distinctly non-consequentialist criterion that can adjudicate competing risk impositions by reference to individual standpoints rather than summed welfare.

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    Individual standpoints(as used in ethics)
    The perspective, interests, and concerns of each person as a separate individual, rather than treating everyone as one big group.
    Non-consequentialist(ethics)
    An ethical approach that judges actions based on whether they follow the right rules or duties, rather than judging them based on their outcomes or consequences.
    Reasonable rejectability(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    A standard for deciding if something is fair by asking whether any affected person could reasonably refuse to accept it, rather than just looking at overall happiness.
    Risk impositions(as used in ethics and policy)
    Situations where one person or group creates a danger or potential harm that affects other people.
    Summed welfare

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    (as used in ethics and decision-making)
    The total amount of happiness or well-being added up across everyone in a group, used to measure whether a policy helps society overall.
    consequentialist(Shared position of Russell and Moore)
    One who believes that the rightness or otherwise of an act is in some way dependent on consequences.

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