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even when fear does make sense,
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there's a kind of proportionality condition
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that we need to keep in mind as well.
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Even if there's a nonnegligible chance of the harm coming,
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and so fear is appropriate,
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it doesn't make fear appropriate if it's obsessive fear,
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horrendous fear, tremendous fear.
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Maybe some mild concern is all that's appropriate
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if the chances are small.
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Similarly, the amount of fear needs to be proportioned to
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the size of the bad.
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That's perhaps why the cookie example,