For adults, however, it could be argued that in the absence of clear harms, the potential for benefit need not be great in order to justify genetic testing, on the condition, naturally, of adequate ethical safeguards such as adequate information provision, informed consent, quality assurance and privacy protection, and provided the test has a reasonable predictive ability.
As its operational guidelines make clear, harming any sentient creature is counter to the ELF's morality.
Far from making America safer, Trump's immigration plan will cause clear harm, not least to American soldiers.
The German authority that approves car parts did its own tests, and found confusingly that R1234yf "tended" to be more dangerous than the old coolant, but posed no clear harm.
A few scientists say the gushing oil — despite its clear harm to pelicans, turtles and other forms of coastal life — might ultimately represent a subtle boon to the creatures of the cold seeps and even to the wider food chain.
The report said that it was impossible to establish the extent to which patients suffered as a result but there was evidence of clear harm to at least one patient.
What's most bothersome about Rosen's comment, though, was its betrayal of what the Democratic Party and feminism at their best are supposed to be about: recognizing the full diversity of human experience and empowering everyone along that spectrum to walk successfully down the path of his or her choosing, so long as it poses no clear harm to anyone else.
We might restate Epicurus' brief argument as follows: if death harms the individual who dies, there must exist a subject who is harmed by death, a clear harm that is received, and a time when that harm is received.
It is characterized by compulsive drug and/or alcohol use despite clear harm to relationships, work and physical health.
Likewise, in the California case, the presiding Judge, after hearing copious expert testimony as to the "facts" of gay marriage and its effects children specifically and society generally, found that the proponents of Proposition 8 (those opposed to gay marriage) simply had no factual case whatsoever to support their claim that gay marriage does specific and clear harm to society.
In the best of circumstances, the guideline will result in codifying practices with clear benefit, eliminating practices with clear harm, and avoiding recommendations where data are insufficient.
