The phrase "a greater harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where one negative outcome is worse than another.
Example: "While the initial decision seemed beneficial, it ultimately led to a greater harm for the community."
Alternatives: "a more significant damage" or "a larger detriment".
That's a greater harm than the other one.
Dating back centuries to English common law, the defense enabled someone to be found innocent if a crime had been committed to avoid a greater harm.
How could the civilians have a right of defense against a lesser harm but not against a greater harm inflicted by the same people?
Convictions seemed quite likely this week after the judge, James M. Burke, rejected the group's "necessity defense," an argument that civil disobedience was justified to "avert a greater harm" -- the potential risk of fire deaths.
Shiffrin (1999), however, holds that harming someone to save them from a greater harm is morally distinct from harming them to impose a "pure benefit" on them.
In her understanding this is objectionable because the person cannot consent and these harms are not necessary to prevent a greater harm.
"Rip-offs have done a great harm to my own reputation," he said.
An obvious feature of the phytoplankton is a rapid appearance and disappearance resulting in the formation of bloom, which causes a great harm to the human health and zooplankton population [4, 5].
Pollution of oils and organic solvents is a great harm to water environment, therefore, the design to develop high efficient material to absorb the sudden accidents of oil leakage is increasing instantly.
A proponent of the Unequal Consideration Model could, for example, agree that being confined in a cage generally causes a much greater harm to a paradigmatic person than to a merely sentient animal.
Craig Jones, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Canada, told VICE News that while having a cop lead the charge wouldn't have been his first choice, he thinks Blair understands that a criminal record is "a much greater harm than cannabis use".
