in scope because it only applies to "what we owe to each other" and whatever that is relevant among the contracting parties. Therefore, extending moral relevance beyond the mutually benefited parties (such as animals or future people) becomes very hard to defend within contractualism.

Contractualism vs. deontology

Contractualism can be considered a deontological framework, and like all other non-consequentialist theories, including Kantian ethics, contractualism

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