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    Under contractualism, a principle is impermissible if any... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Contractualism cannot permit driving.

    Under contractualism, a principle is impermissible if any individual has an undefeated reason to reject it.

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    Over the course of his life, Bob received many benefits from his and others’ driving. But suppose these are outweighed by the cost of his untimely death. As things turned out, Bob would have been better-off if driving had not been permitted. This seems to give Bob a reason to reject any principle that permits driving. And this reason seems to outweigh other people’s reasons to want driving to be permitted. (After all, any inconvenience they suffered would not be as bad as an early death.) It the

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