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    It is not the case that Treating rights violations as pro tanto reasons converts deontological constraints into consequentialist trade-offs, collapsing the distinction Nozick argues is morally essential.

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    • 1.Pro tanto status allows constraints to persist as genuine moral considerations even when sometimes overridden, avoiding pure consequentialism.
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    • 2.Deontological constraints can themselves be understood as pro tanto: they hold unless other moral reasons (including rights) override them.
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    • 3.The distinction between constraints and trade-offs depends on their weight and override-conditions, not on whether reasons are pro tanto.
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    • 1.Nozick's deontological constraints require absolute inviolability of rights, permitting no trade-offs even to prevent greater violations.
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    • 2.Pro tanto reasons are inherently defeasible weights that can be outweighed by competing considerations in consequentialist calculation.
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    • 3.Treating violations as pro tanto rather than absolute prohibitions logically permits overriding them when consequences justify it.
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