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Contractualism and Restrictions

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T.M. Scanlon writes that deontological constraints on taking lives are to be defended “by considering what principles licensing others to take our lives could be reasonably rejected.” I argue that Scanlon can offer no such defence of deontological constraints.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 458, University College, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R2T 2M8

    Robert Shaver

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Shaver, R. Contractualism and Restrictions. Philos Stud 132, 293–299 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-005-2219-3

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