And the other was, that even in those few spots where animal life teemed in abundance, I failed to find - although I was eagerly looking for it - that bitter struggle for the means of existence, among animals belonging to the same species, which was considered by most Darwinists (though not always by Darwin himself) as the dominant characteristic of struggle for life, and the main factor of evolution. One of them was the extreme severity of the struggle for existence which most species of animals have to carry on against an inclement Nature the enormous destruction of life which periodically results from natural agencies and the consequent paucity of life over the vast territory which fell under my observation. Keywords: moral permissibility, harm, liberty, the objective/subjective distinction.Two aspects of animal life impressed me most during the journeys which I made in my youth in Eastern Siberia and Northern Manchuria. Proposing, describing, and analyzing this distinction and defending the moral permissibility of subjective harms, this article tries to clarify those famous ambiguous moral principles and terms to prevent any misuse of them. For example, wearing clothes that harm some person(s), delivering a lecture which some person(s) may find annoying, or speaking about an idea which some person(s) may find disgusting or repugnant, are all good examples of subjective harms. we can imagine some people exactly in the same situation who are not harmed by the same action or, at least, give the agent the right to do it. the person will not be harmed if she changes some of her personal beliefs or, at least, will give the agent the right to do the action or 2.

I propose two criteria to recognize a harm as subjective: 1. This is because there are harmful actions that can still be “compatible with the scheme of basic liberties for all,” and “are consistent with every other person’s freedom.” I call these harms “subjective,” and I think giving the agent the right to do them is a pre-condition of any free tolerant society. To harm somebody, that is to act against her interests, per se cannot be morally impermissible. I call it the objective/subjective distinction. This article tries to show that to clarify these principles and terms and to establish a free tolerant society and reasonable conceptions of liberty, we need a morally relevant epistemological distinction on harms. However, these principles, especially terms like “in so far as,” “so long as,” “consistent with” and “compatible with” in them, are so ambiguous, vague, and broad that even fanatic persons and tyrannies can misuse them to justify their brutal violent actions.

We are free in so far as our freedom “is consistent with every other person’s freedom,” or “so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.” In other words, “each person has the same indefeasible claim to a fully adequate scheme of equal basic liberties, which scheme is compatible with the same scheme of liberties for all.” Theses famous principles by well-known moral and political philosophers like Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls seem clear and reasonable prima facie. The Moral Permissibility of “Subjective Harms”: A Neglected Principle in Conceptions of Liberty Abstract.

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