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    It is not the case that Therefore, believing under evidential uncertainty can be morally permissible when the costs of non-belief outweigh the epistemic norm of proportioning belief to evidence.

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    • 1.Permitting belief without sufficient evidence erodes epistemic integrity and enables rationalization of any preferred conclusion by cost-benefit argument.
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    • 2.Practical costs don't alter truth-conditions; moral consequences cannot determine what we have warrant to believe without collapsing is into ought.
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    • 3.This framework risks justifying harmful false beliefs when agents underestimate harms or miscalculate costs relative to actual evidence available.
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    • 1.Morality sometimes requires action despite uncertainty; paralysis by evidential standards can cause severe harm that ethics demands we prevent.
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    • 2.Epistemic norms serve human flourishing, not vice versa; when strict evidential proportionality undermines welfare, proportionality should yield.
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    • 3.We routinely justify beliefs on practical grounds in medicine and safety; extending this to high-stakes domains is ethically consistent.
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