Sentence examples for impose harms from inspiring English sources

This requires that no state or government prohibit persons from transacting with others on any mutually agreeable terms (that do not impose harms of certain sorts on nonconsenting others).

8 Importantly, in addition to physical and toxic assault, drinkers can impose harms on others' mental health and well-being through, for example, fear of assault, concern for other people's safety, neglect or exploitation resulting from drinking by carers, and even disturbance to sleep.

But now, the risks are understood enough to ask the question: Is it not morally wrong to knowingly impose harm on innocent others, especially in the name of profit?

This has arisen from the understanding that children are physiologically, developmentally and emotionally different from adults and developing treatments for children by extrapolating results from adult studies may actually impose harm [ 3].

Re "Africa: Aid or Harm?" (column, March 28), by Thomas L. Friedman: While offering meager trade benefits, the African growth and opportunity bill imposes harmful policy requirements on African countries.

The claim that smokers impose economic harms on the rest of us, and thus that reducing smoking saves society money, is empirically questionable.

"Ironically, reclassification would impose these harms and not even preclude the differentiation of service that its proponents seek to ban.

Mr. Malan said that the bill would also impose serious harm on DaimlerChrysler.

Moreover, the state argued, the endangerment finding and ensuing regulations would impose economic harm on employers, workers, and enforcement agencies.

The court's practices also impose unnecessary harm, overwhelmingly on African-American individuals, and run counter to public safety.

"The effect of the United States' conduct has been to impose significant harm on Canfor," the chief executive, David Emerson, said in a statement.