On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 8:20 pm, Jim Swayze wrote:
>> Todd > the Least Harm Principle is notoriously difficult to apply.
>
> Sounds Millsian.
It is. It's a limited version of Mill's Principle of Utility. Instead
of maximizing pleasure (which is itself problematic), it entails
minimizing harm. But it's a simplistic application of the principle to
equate all harm to what it would be for a human being in the prime of
life.
Todd Moody