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    It is not the case that The social harm from normalized under-evidenced belief extends beyond the individual believer, violating duties Clifford grounds in epistemic ethics.

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    • 1.Clifford's standard conflates moral responsibility for belief adoption with responsibility for all downstream social effects.
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    • 2.Determining what counts as 'sufficient evidence' varies rationally across contexts; universal standards unfairly constrain belief-formation.
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    • 3.Social harm from false belief is often traceable to institutional failure, not individual epistemic vice, yet Clifford blames individuals.
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    • 1.Epistemically careless beliefs propagate through social networks, degrading collective decision-making on shared problems.
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    • 2.Normalized under-evidenced belief erodes institutional trust and creates cascading harms when others rely on false information.
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    • 3.Individuals have duties to others grounded in epistemic integrity, not just personal intellectual honesty.
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