This is a reasonable proposal on the maternal health initiative, sure. It’s like this: If someone wants to kill their spouse, but decides they don’t actually want to do the dirty deed, then it is reasonable to hire someone else to do it. You see? Reasonable.
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you described very succintly the different types of “cooperation” (eg. formal, material, etc)
http://www.edwardjamesrichard.com/Principles%20of%20Cooperation.htm