If moral conservatism was always a probabilistic hedge within consequentialism, its disappearance in Ethics reflects refinement of the same framework, not abandonment of a rival principle.

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Probabilistic hedge(as used in ethics): A safety strategy where you don't fully commit to one approach because you're uncertain about outcomes, so you hedge your bets by keeping some of the old approach as backup.
Refinement(describing how correlated rationalizability relates to simpler concepts): An improvement or narrowing down of a concept that makes it more precise or adds extra requirements beyond the original version.
Rival principle(as used in ethics): A competing or opposing ethical theory or rule—in this case, a completely different way of thinking about morality rather than just a variation on the same approach.
consequentialism(Applied to terrorism and legal punishment): The view that practices are judged solely by their consequences, such that a practice is wrong only if it has bad consequences on balance.

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