How a pure risk of harm can itself be a harm: A reply to Rowe

Analysis 84 (1):112-116 (2024)
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Rowe has recently argued that pure risk of harm cannot itself be a harm. I respond to Rowe and argue that given an appropriate understanding of objective probabilities, pure objective risk of harm can itself be a harm.

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10.1093/analys/anad055

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H. Orri Stefansson
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