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    It is not the case that Rawlsian difference principle logic entails that symbolic harms from stigma cannot override concrete, measurable harms to those already at the bottom of health distributions.

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    • 1.Stigma produces measurable harms: reduced healthcare-seeking, compromised treatment adherence, and psychosomatic illness—these are concrete, not merely symbolic.
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    • 2.Rawls's 'primary goods' include self-respect; stigmatization directly damages this foundational good even when material conditions technically improve.
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    • 3.A policy improving health metrics while deepening stigma may leave the worst-off worse-off overall by Rawlsian standards, not better off.
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    • 1.Rawls prioritizes improving the worst-off group's material conditions; health outcomes are measurable welfare metrics directly affecting life prospects.
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    • 2.Symbolic harms lack the concrete, verifiable impact of disease burden, mortality, or disability; they operate through psychological mechanisms rather than physical deprivation.
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    • 3.If symbolic concerns could override material improvements for the disadvantaged, the difference principle loses its practical force as a distributive rule.
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