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    An institutional finding of liability aims at systemic ac... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A finding of liability based on bare statistical evidence is unsafe and therefore should not be entered.

    An institutional finding of liability aims at systemic accuracy across a class of cases, not truth in a single possible-world scenario, so Judith Jarvis Thomson's market-share liability intuitions support aggregate probabilistic justice.

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    Aggregate probabilistic justice(ethics and justice)
    A fair system that looks at overall odds and patterns—like holding a group of companies responsible based on the likelihood they caused harm—rather than requiring proof in each individual case.
    Institutional finding of liability(law and justice)
    A legal or official decision that an organization or system is responsible for harm, based on patterns across many cases rather than proving what happened in one specific situation.
    Judith Jarvis Thomson(philosophy history)
    A famous American philosopher who wrote influential work on ethics, rights, and legal responsibility, including ideas about how companies should be held accountable when many of them might share blame.
    Market-share liability(law and ethics)
    A legal concept where companies are held responsible for harm based on their share of the market, even when you can't prove exactly which company caused a specific person's injury.

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    A hypothetical situation or specific version of events that could happen; philosophers use this to think about what's true in one particular case versus across many cases.
    Systemic accuracy(logic and systems)
    Getting the right answer or outcome when looking at a whole system or pattern, even if individual cases might be imperfect.

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