Scanlon's own framework in 'What We Owe to Each Other' distinguishes between complaints grounded in the principle itself and complaints grounded in how outcomes happened to fall, privileging only the former.

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Complaints grounded in(the types of moral grievances Scanlon's theory recognizes as legitimate): Valid objections or criticisms that are based on or justified by something specific (in this case, either a principle or just how outcomes happened).
Principle(T'oegye's metaphysics): Equated with the Supreme Ultimate; the source of the possibility for all existence, representing the potential of a thing that precedes its actual realisation.
Scanlon: # Scanlon Tim Scanlon is an influential American philosopher known for developing a theory of ethics based on the idea that actions are right if they could be justified to others through principles everyone could reasonably accept. Rather than focusing on happiness or duty, his approach emphasizes what we can defend to each other as fair-minded people, making morality fundamentally about mutual respect and agreement. He's considered one of the most important moral philosophers of our time because his ideas have reshaped how philosophers think about fairness, responsibility, and what we owe to one another.
What We Owe to Each Other

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