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Harm Principle Quotes

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"We have to make these judgments based on modern understandings of what is and isn't harm."
"Be yourself, respect others. If it harms none, do what you will. That is the only rule. That is as simple as it gets."
"I'm down for people to do a lot of things as long as it's not hurting anybody."
"Free speech means that everybody gets to say what they want to say as long as they're not threatening people or bringing harm on people."
"I tend to believe that we should have the freedom to do stupid things, as long as we're not harming lots of other people."
"Your freedom, what you can do with your body, stops when it limits someone else's body and harms someone else's body."
"People are free to do whatever they want with their bodies, assuming it doesn't harm others."
"You have free will... You're allowed to do anything that you want in this world, as long as you're not hurting anybody."
"You're entitled to do literally whatever you want, as long as you're not hurting anybody else."
"It's our birthright to have the freedom to explore our own consciousness as long as we're not hurting anybody else."
"We should let people be happy and healthy and comfortable in themselves, as long as they're not harming themselves, or anyone else."
"The sufficient condition to make something justifiably criminalized is if it's harmful."
"The older I'm getting, the more I'm realizing that everyone just do your thing, do your thing, as long as you're not hurting anyone."
"Live your life however you want to as long as you're not harming others."
"The harm principle: not to do harm to others or interfere unnecessarily with their choices."
"It's okay to be silly as long as you aren't hurting anybody. But if you're hurting somebody, then you should quit, okay?"
"Let people do what they want unless it's harming someone."
"As long as we're not hurting anyone, you know, believe what you want, mainstream or not."
"I think people should be free to do what they feel like doing as long as they're not hurting somebody else."
"I believe that we should work to make everyone feel like a normal part of society unless they are doing something which actively harms Society."
"If no harm has been committed then no crime has been committed."
"You can do whatever you want to do so long as you don't harm anyone."
"You can do anything you want realistically speaking, unless it hurts someone else."
"If you take something that's going to harm someone else, that should be illegal."
"Sin is causing harm, so if someone is being harmed in a situation there's a problem there."
"People should be able to do whatever they like as long as it doesn't hurt anybody."
"As long as you aren't hurting those around you, you should be free to be how you wish to be."
"As long as I'm not intentionally hurting others, I think that's ethical."
"Just be yourself, as long as you're not harming."
"Books don't harm people, people harm people."
"If you're not hurting anyone, what's the problem?"
"Just do what you want to do as long as you're not hurting other people."
"Nothing that autistic people do needs to be changed unless it's harmful."
"In a free society you are permitted to do anything that is constructive and not harmful."
"As long as what you're doing is not harming yourself, other people, or animals, go do whatever the hell you want."
"Non-aggression principle... concept essentially of do no harm."
"I agree with the harm principle: the government should intervene when there's harm to others, not just individual choices."
"The harm principle: the only legitimate ground for social coercion is to prevent harm to others, period."
"The harm principle makes a distinction between self-regarding actions and other-regarding actions. Genuine harm must be demonstrated."
"The people should be free to do what they want unless they harm someone else."
"It's a very good answer. You can do what you want so long as you don't harm anyone else."
"Do whatever you want in life as long as it doesn't hurt other people."
"I should be allowed to do whatever I want so long as I'm not hurting somebody else."
"Do whatever you want for yourself, as long as it's not harming other people."
"The norm is that as long as you're not harming anybody else, live your life."
"I don't think you should do what's best for society but what's best for yourself as long as you're not directly harming others."
"As long as you're not hurting anybody, do what you want to do in life."
"I am somebody who believes that you should be able to believe whatever the hell you want as long as you don't harm anyone."
"There needs to be space to allow people to have their own morals, as long as they're not harming or intruding upon the rights of others."
"You should be able to do whatever you want as long as you're not hurting somebody."
"I care about the individual freedom to the extent that it doesn't harm other people."
"Believe whatever you want to believe, do whatever you want to do, enjoy whatever you want to enjoy, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone."
"You are free to do what you want to do or live your life the way you want to live, up to a point where it would bother someone else or harm someone else."
"The main principle I follow is people should be able to eat and drink what they want to, as long as they're not harming other people."
"You can do whatever you want really, at the end of the day, as long as you're not hurting other people."
"What standards would you use to dictate the morals in the society? You start with, is it hurting anyone?"
"The harm principle dictates that the government should only prevent people from doing something if it is going to inflict physical harm on another person."
"People should be free to do whatever they want to do as long as they're not hurting somebody."
"I support free speech and freedom of expression, so if that's what you want to do and you aren't harming real people, it shouldn't matter to anybody."
"So long as you don't harm anyone else, this is liberalism."