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Harm is a moral and legal concept with multiple definitions. It generally functions as a synonym for evil or anything that is bad under certain moral systems. Something that causes harm is harmful, and something that does not is harmless.
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- Instance of
- philosophical concept
- Subclass of
- adverse effect
- Has part
- disability
- Said to be same as
- evil
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- different from
- Harm
- partially coincident with
- damages
- handled, mitigated, or managed by
- harm reduction
- facet of
- law
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Harm is a moral and legal concept with multiple definitions. It generally functions as a synonym for evil or anything that is bad under certain moral systems. Something that causes harm is harmful, and something that does not is harmless.
==Philosophical construction== Moral philosopher Bernard Gert construed harm (or "evil") as any of the following: pain death disability mortality loss of ability or freedom loss of pleasure.
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