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It is not the case that A principle that generates obligatory extinction cannot coherently ground partial population-reduction policies without an arbitrary threshold.
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Many valid principles entail extreme conclusions in pure form but rationally permit moderate applications via independent constraints.
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A threshold can be non-arbitrary if grounded in separate principles (feasibility, consent, rights) rather than deriving from the original principle.
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The claim conflates logical entailment of a conclusion with coherence of partial implementation—different rational standards.
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If a principle logically entails total extinction, any partial application requires a cutoff point not derivable from the principle itself.
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Thresholds imposed externally to a principle are arbitrary unless justified by that same principle—creating circularity.
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Coherence requires that grounding justifications for policy remain stable across their domain of application.
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