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Third Defense: Move to Rules

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The third defense routes around the counterexamples: adopt rule utilitarianism, since a rule permitting frame-ups could never clear the happiness audit.

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The sheriff consults practices, not cases: a justice system that hangs scapegoats collapses trust wholesale. The rule flunks, so the act is out.