On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:17 AM, geni wrote:
Do no harm is not a useful tool or guide because it can so trivially be shown to be flawed (mostly through cases of where any action causes some harm but also through showing than any action causes hard). Greatest good for the greatest number is slightly more robust but runs into issues with individual liberties.
To be clear. To "hurt" someone is to cause them pain. In medicine, for one, there can be pain associated with the treatment, and with the healing. To "harm" someone, however, is to cause them unnecessary and irrevocable damage.
Marc Riddell