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    Where false negatives risk irreversible harm to populatio... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Inconclusive toxicological evidence that raises science-based suspicions about a substance's danger to human health can be unjustifiably excluded from policy influence.

    Where false negatives risk irreversible harm to populations, Rawlsian maximin reasoning justifies acting on inconclusive but plausible evidence.

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    • 1.Maximin prioritizes worst outcomes for least advantaged groups; irreversible population harm represents the worst conceivable outcome.
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    • 2.Waiting for conclusive evidence while irreversible harm accumulates violates Rawlsian justice; precaution protects basic liberties.
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    • 3.Plausible evidence meeting reasonable scientific standards already incorporates epistemic rigor without demanding impossible certainty.
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    • 1.Acting on inconclusive evidence risks false positives causing severe harms; maximin should equally weigh worst outcomes from wrong action.
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    • 2.Rawls's maximin applies to institutional design and distribution, not evidential thresholds; conflating them distorts his framework.
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    • 3.Defining 'irreversible harm' broadly enough to justify precaution justifies it for nearly any concern, making the principle unfalsifiable.
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