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    An unjust theory cannot be the most plausible theory — Carmelics
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    An unjust theory cannot be the most plausible theory

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    • 1.Plausibility requires coherence with our best normative understanding of how the world should function.
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    • 2.Injustice creates internal contradictions between a theory's claims and fundamental moral constraints.
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    • 3.We rationally reject theories that conflict with core commitments; justice is such a commitment.
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    • 1.Plausibility is an epistemic property about explanatory power; justice is a normative property about rightness.
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    • 2.Historical science shows empirically accurate theories survived despite embodying unjust assumptions about groups.
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    • 3.Conflating what is most true with what is most morally acceptable commits a category mistake between fact and value.
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