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    Sanction utilitarianism merely relocates the act-utilitar... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Sanction utilitarianism does not face the problems that act utilitarianism faces regarding the fourfold moral distinction.

    Sanction utilitarianism merely relocates the act-utilitarian calculus to the level of rules about punishment, preserving the same collapse of distinctions.

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    • 1.Sanction utilitarianism still maximizes aggregate welfare by optimizing punishment rules, just as act-utilitarianism does via individual acts.
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    • 2.Both frameworks fail to preserve moral distinctions between deserving and non-deserving individuals when consequences demand it.
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    • 3.Rule-level utilitarian calculus doesn't escape the underlying problem: consequences, not rights, remain the fundamental moral currency.
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    • 1.Rule utilitarianism inherently constrains act-level reasoning by requiring consistency across cases, creating genuine moral distinctions act-utilitarianism lacks.
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    • 2.Sanction rules can embed principles like 'punish only the guilty' that resist consequentialist collapse, protecting innocent individuals systematically.
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    • 3.Operating at the rule level introduces institutional and epistemic constraints that prevent the direct case-by-case manipulation act-utilitarianism enables.
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