But many Russian officials view harm reduction efforts as encouraging criminal or shameful behavior.
Im Tirtzu was established by young and combative Israelis, aiming to haunt, expose and deter institutions of the left that — in the organizers' view — harm Israel.
Advocates of such policies say they are common sense, but some governments and organizations view harm reduction in a negative light because they believe the approach does not discourage drug use.
Allen Johnson, a co-founder, says it's extremely simple from a religious point of view: harming the earth is a sin.
Those who viewed harm as overdiagnosis perceived harms as more extensive than those who viewed harm as false positives, overtreatment, or unpleasant experiences.
The advantage of the disjunctive notion is that this view of harm allows us to rely on the subjunctive-historical notion of harm whenever it is applicable, that is, when we will harm an existing person.
Mr. Rajaratnam's argument that insider trading involves unidentifiable victims, and therefore is less harmful, raises the fundamental question of how a court should view the harm caused by the violation.
Kevin K. Golladay, the regional inspector general for evaluation and inspections, said: "We recommend a broader view of harm in a hospital".
After its own redactions, The Times sent Obama administration officials the cables it planned to post and invited them to challenge publication of any information that, in the official view, would harm the national interest.
People think they ruin the view and harm the offshore environment.Take, for instance, a project known as Cape Wind, based on plans by Energy Management, an American company, to build 130 turbines 10km (six miles) offshore in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts.
"These birds are a pleasure to view, they harm no one, and if nests need to be moved they can do it without eradicating an entire species," said Priscilla Feral, the president of Friends of Animals, an animal-rights group based in Darien.
