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    It is not the case that Scanlon's contractualism holds that principles permitting such sacrifice could be reasonably rejected by the one person.

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    • 1.Requiring unanimous rejection-proof principles may paralyze moral reasoning and prevent justified beneficial arrangements.
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    • 2.Some sacrifices serve collective goods that even the burdened person benefits from, making their veto problematic.
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    • 3.Contractualism risks prioritizing individual veto power over fair distributions that reasonable people might accept.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Contractualism grounds morality in reciprocal justifiability, requiring principles acceptable to all affected parties.
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    • 2.A principle requiring one person's sacrifice while benefiting others cannot be justified to that person on equal terms.
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    • 3.Reasonable rejection by the burdened individual is a legitimate moral veto under contractualist logic.
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