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    It is not the case that The moral difference between intentionally throwing a brick at a person and negligently throwing a brick without checking for bystanders is not expressible in a probability calculus.

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    • 1.Intentionally throwing a brick at a person from a height is a distinct moral act from throwing a brick without checking whether anyone is below.
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    • 2.A probability calculus treats actions as probabilistic mixtures of outcomes and cannot capture the moral distinction between intentional harm and negligent risk imposition.
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