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Well, instead it concerns an "individual welfare function" that an individual is supposed to maximize, and the individual is assumed to be composed of VNM-rational subindividuals. Sure, it's a different flavor, but is there anything else different?
It only assumes the VNM-rational subindividuals, and derives the existence of the overall welfare function.