The Dilemma of Latent Risk
If personality traits alone do not constitute medical pathology, a critical question arises regarding public safety and clinical prevention:
The Harm Principle and the Threat of “Thoughtcrime”
The foundational philosophy of modern legal frameworks is John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle, which dictates that an individual’s liberty can only be restricted to prevent direct harm to others:
Clinical Misclassification and the Stigma Effect
Proactive surveillance based on personality traits presents severe clinical drawbacks, particularly false positives and diagnostic labeling:
The Symptomatic Approach and Behavioral Intervention
To balance public safety with individual liberty, medicine and law employ a “symptomatic approach”:
Conclusion
Society cannot and should not police human nature in its latent state:
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