Intern Epistemic Humility and Materiality Deference Obligation Invoked Present Case
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/57#Intern_Epistemic_Humility_and_Materiality_Deference_Obligation_Invoked_Present_Case
Properties
Instance of
InternEpistemicHumilityandMaterialityDeferenceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InternEpistemicHumilityandMaterialityDeferenceObligation
Applied to
Report to Engineer B DOT Bridge Inspection Program Director PE about discovered bridge defect
Balancing with
Complete and Unfiltered Upward Reporting Obligation
Efficiency in reporting
Concrete expression
Engineer Intern A failed to report that the defect had been missed for at least five years, apparently making an independent judgment that this information was not material; the Board found the intern was not yet qualified to make that determination
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
An engineer intern who filters information based on a personal assessment of its materiality or urgency substitutes their own unqualified judgment for the licensed supervisor's professional judgment, violating the proper allocation of professional authority within the supervisory structure
Invoked by
Engineer Intern A Present Case
Tension resolution
The intern's obligation to report all material facts without filtering was held to override any personal assessment of whether the historical duration of the missed inspection would affect urgency
Source Evidence
Source text
revealing that the visibly obvious defect had been in existence and unchanged for at least five years might have actually reduced the urgency of any investigation, but Engineer Intern A was not yet qualified to either make that determination or evaluate the materiality of the information.
Text references
Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years
Engineer Intern A had a responsibility to report all material facts related to the visibly obvious defect
revealing that the visibly obvious defect had been in existence and unchanged for at least five years might have actually reduced the urgency of any investigation, but Engineer Intern A was not yet qualified to either make that determination or evaluate the materiality of the information
TTL
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case57:Intern_Epistemic_Humility_and_Materiality_Deference_Obligation_Invoked_Present_Case a proeth:InternEpistemicHumilityandMaterialityDeferenceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Intern Epistemic Humility and Materiality Deference Obligation Invoked Present Case" ;
proeth:appliedto "Report to Engineer B DOT Bridge Inspection Program Director PE about discovered bridge defect" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Complete and Unfiltered Upward Reporting Obligation",
"Efficiency in reporting" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer Intern A failed to report that the defect had been missed for at least five years, apparently making an independent judgment that this information was not material; the Board found the intern was not yet qualified to make that determination" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "An engineer intern who filters information based on a personal assessment of its materiality or urgency substitutes their own unqualified judgment for the licensed supervisor's professional judgment, violating the proper allocation of professional authority within the supervisory structure" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Intern A Present Case" ;
proeth:principleclass "Intern Epistemic Humility and Materiality Deference Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "revealing that the visibly obvious defect had been in existence and unchanged for at least five years might have actually reduced the urgency of any investigation, but Engineer Intern A was not yet qualified to either make that determination or evaluate the materiality of the information." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The intern's obligation to report all material facts without filtering was held to override any personal assessment of whether the historical duration of the missed inspection would affect urgency" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years",
"Engineer Intern A had a responsibility to report all material facts related to the visibly obvious defect",
"revealing that the visibly obvious defect had been in existence and unchanged for at least five years might have actually reduced the urgency of any investigation, but Engineer Intern A was not yet qualified to either make that determination or evaluate the materiality of the information" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 57 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T21:32:46.443877"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 57 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
57
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00
First case
57
Generated
2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00
Attributed to
Case 57 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T21:32:46.443877
Generated by
ProEthica Case 57 Extraction