The central idea of Q4 is:
When powerful interests clash, vulnerable people bear the consequences.
The Ethics Notes repeatedly discuss exactly this principle.
1. Vulnerable people must not become disposable
The Integrated Ethical Decision-Making Framework says that human dignity must be treated as a non-negotiable floor and vulnerable citizens cannot be treated as disposable resources for achieving economic goals.
2. Utilitarianism vs minority rights
The notes explicitly identify the danger of tyranny of the majority, where aggregate welfare can theoretically justify serious harm to an innocent minority.
That's almost the philosophical backbone of Q4:
Big actors / majority interests → vulnerable minority suffers.
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