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I'm with you host.
Let's "err on the side of life."

Why doesn't that phrase get bandied about in discussions relating to health care and environmentalism?


Global warming is a contentious issue in the scientific community?
No problem, let's "err on the side of life."

Not quite sure about the impact of ANWR drilling?
"Err on the side of life," my friends.

Death Penalty: "err on the side of life"

Cuba: "err on the side of life"


But those statements aren't made. So it becomes apparent that, in so far that it actually is well thought out and originated from the speakers, that statement can not be based on a general principle/moral belief of respecting life in light of any degree of uncertainty and so long as risk is minimized by the error.

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