How Harms Can Be Better than Benefits: Reply to Carlson, Johansson, and Risberg

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 100 (3):628-633 (2022)
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Abstract

I respond here to an argument given recently in this journal by Erik Carlson, Jens Johansson, and Olle Risberg. The authors object to the counterfactual comparative account of harm. They argue that, on this account, an action that would harm the agent might leave her better off than would some alternative action that would benefit her, and they object to this implication. By appealing to group or plural harm, I argue that their objection fails.

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Doing Away with Harm.Ben Bradley - 2012 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 85 (2):390-412.
Plural Harm.Neil Feit - 2013 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 90 (2):361-388.
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Reply to Klocksiem on the Counterfactual Comparative Account of Harm.Erik Carlson - 2020 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 23 (2):407-413.

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