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It is not the case that The anti-harming rationale, by targeting demonstrated causal agency, produces more reliable harm reduction with fewer liberty costs.
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Waiting for demonstrated harm means allowing preventable injuries; early intervention on high-risk agents saves lives despite liberty costs.
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Causal chains are often unclear or involve multiple actors, making 'demonstrated agency' ambiguous and creating enforcement gaps in complex harms.
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This framework ignores structural or systemic harms where no single agent's causality is clear, leaving vulnerable populations unprotected.
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Restricting liberty only when someone has demonstrably caused harm avoids punishing innocent people for theoretical risks.
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Causal agency is objectively measurable, making harm-prevention policies more consistent and less prone to bias than intent-based approaches.
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Focusing enforcement on actual harm-causers maximizes public safety per unit of liberty restricted, improving cost-benefit ratios.
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