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    Supports→Overemphasis on genetic or molecular level explanations of disease is detrimental to patients

    Consequentialist harm calculus favors explanatory pluralism: neglecting upstream social causes perpetuates preventable suffering at scale while gene-level treatments remain inaccessible to most patients globally.

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    Gene-level treatments(as used in biomedics and healthcare policy)
    Medical interventions that work by directly modifying or targeting genes at the biological level, like gene therapy or genetic medicine.
    Harm calculus(as used in ethical decision-making)
    A method of weighing and measuring different types of suffering or negative effects to figure out which choices cause the least damage or the most benefit.
    Upstream social causes(as used in social and medical ethics)
    The root or foundational factors in society (like poverty, education, environment) that lead to problems, rather than just addressing the immediate symptoms.
    consequentialist(Shared position of Russell and Moore)
    One who believes that the rightness or otherwise of an act is in some way dependent on consequences.

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    explanatory pluralism(First conception of the role of philosophical analysis in Collingwood's work)
    The view that different forms of knowledge (e.g., history and natural science) have distinct subject matters and autonomous explanatory frameworks that should not be reduced to one another

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