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Originally Posted by thunaer  Some Christian communities hold to the Precautionary principle.
The Precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not ensue, the burden of proof falls on those who would advocate taking the action. |
"Better safe than sorry?"
Well, it seems to me that the mere possibility of severe or irreversible harm to the public would not necessarily be enough reason to stop implementation of an action or policy. I would want to know that there is some probability the adverse consequences will occur.
It would be very difficult to prove that any action or policy involves zero risk to the public and, if you have a good imagination, you can dream up worst case scenarios for practically any action or policy. Further, I would ask what the risks of
inaction are.