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separateness of persons: a standalone construct

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Political philosophy

the objection that summing welfare across people, as in utilitarianism, ignores that each person has a separate life.

In political philosophy, separateness of persons refers to the objection that summing welfare across people, as in utilitarianism, ignores that each person has a separate life. This meaning comes from Rawls (1971) in A Theory of Justice.[1]

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person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs welfare4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042605

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