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    Laws that forbid accurate statistical reasoning conflate ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Employers are legally prohibited from making hiring decisions based on statistical generalizations about protected groups, even when those generalizations are statistically sound.

    Laws that forbid accurate statistical reasoning conflate discriminatory intent with actuarially sound decision-making, undermining the moral coherence of anti-discrimination doctrine.

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    Actuarially sound(as used in economics and business ethics)
    Based on mathematical calculations about risk and probability, typically used by insurance companies and businesses to make decisions about money and fairness.
    Anti-discrimination doctrine(as used in law and political philosophy)
    The legal and ethical principles that prohibit unfair treatment of people based on characteristics like race, gender, or religion.
    Conflate(the criticism being made in the statement)
    To mistakenly treat two different things as if they were the same thing.
    Discriminatory intent(as used in law and ethics)
    The deliberate purpose or motivation to treat someone unfairly based on their race, gender, or other protected characteristic.
    Moral coherence

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