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    Ross's prima facie duties include duties of fidelity and ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A lifeguard must choose which group to save solely on the basis of the greater balance of good over bad, without giving extra weight to the fact that one group contains the lifeguard's friend.

    Ross's prima facie duties include duties of fidelity and special obligation that can legitimately override impartial maximization in cases of comparable outcomes.

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    • 1.Relationships create genuine moral reasons distinct from aggregate welfare; promising a friend creates duties independent of overall utility.
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    • 2.Impartial maximization demands excessive personal sacrifice, making morality alienating from human projects and commitments we find meaningful.
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    • 3.Special obligations reflect legitimate authority granted by consent or voluntary undertaking, giving them genuine moral force in cases of tie-breaking.
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    • 1.If duties override maximization only at equal outcomes, this seems arbitrary—why should fidelity matter less as outcomes diverge significantly?
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    • 2.Granting special obligations override weight in comparable cases risks rationalization; agents will systematically misperceive outcome equivalence.
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    • 3.If relationships generate independent duties, their scope and limits become unclear; the framework lacks principled criteria for ranking competing obligations.
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