Bowen, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-5328-6036 (2022) ‘But You Could Have Hurt Me!’: Risk and Harm. Law and Philosophy, 41 (4). pp. 517-546. ISSN 0167-5249
Abstract
This paper answers two questions. First, on the assumption that risk of harm is of moral significance, does risk’s moral significance lay in its being harmful? Second, is risk of harm itself harmful? I argue that either risk is not harmful or that risk is harmful only in a small range of cases. If risk is not harmful, and yet risk is of moral significance, risk’s moral significance cannot lie in its being harmful. And if risk is harmful only in a small range of the cases in which risk is of moral significance, risk’s moral significance cannot lie in its being harmful.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2024 13:19 |
Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2024 13:19 |
Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10982-0... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springe |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10982-021-09433-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211360 |
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