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    It is not the case that Sidgwick and later Scheffler demonstrated that agent-relative permissions create irreducible asymmetries between impartial and partial demands that no unified moral theory has successfully dissolved.

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    • 1.Pluralist moral theories can accommodate both demands as legitimate but different in scope, avoiding the need for dissolution.
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    • 2.The appearance of irreducible asymmetry may reflect our concepts' limits rather than reality's structure.
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    • 3.Scheffler himself endorsed agent-centered prerogatives within consequentialism, showing partial reconciliation is theoretically possible.
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    • 1.Agent-relative permissions genuinely conflict with impartial demands in concrete cases without logical resolution.
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    • 2.Historical attempts (contractarianism, utilitarianism, virtue ethics) each privilege one side, leaving the tension unresolved.
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    • 3.The persistent disagreement among moral theorists suggests the asymmetry may be fundamental rather than theoretically solvable.
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