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    It is not the case that This double standard means an agent may be obligated to perform acts that, if sanctioned, would produce less utility than directly maximizing utility would require.

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    • 1.If a rule-based system produces less utility than direct maximization, the rule system fails consequentialism's core criterion by its own standard.
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    • 2.The claim conflates what agents believe about consequences with actual consequences; better information would dissolve the apparent double standard.
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    • 3.Obligations to suboptimal acts suggests morality constrains rather than derives from consequences, abandoning consequentialism's fundamental premise.
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    • 1.Rule-consequentialism justifies rules that promote overall utility even when individual applications produce suboptimal outcomes.
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    • 2.Sanctioning agents to always maximize utility directly undermines trust, predictability, and social cooperation that enable greater long-term utility.
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    • 3.Moral obligations derive from justified rules, not moment-to-moment utility calculations, so apparent utility losses are consistent with genuine duties.
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