The phrase
"least harm" means doing something in a way that causes the smallest amount of damage or negative impact.
Full definition
Yeah JM and PG are winners — and that is why they are happy to take the piss easy jobs to ensure they can
do least harm to their egos and reputation.
We need a course of action which
causes least harm, whilst we take time to explore ways of bringing the Union closer together.
If you still need Windows XP for older apps, you could run it in a VM where
at least the harm of running an old, unsupported OS is mitigated.
Stop deluding yourself and live your life to it's fullest
with least harm to others and help others to do likewise.
Coincidentally, both of my sons introduced me to electronic cigarettes by purchasing me some to try, I had tried everything else over the years and failed miserably, and though it wasn't quitting, it was at
least harm reduction and doable.
Top - billed Gershon is no stranger to lurid movies and
seems least harmed by this project, which at least gives her a respite from television roles and that risible 9/11 movie as she somehow approaches 60.
My nostrums let economics dominate and adapt to the climate consequences because I believe this will
do least harm to humans.
Though it's still rarely in evidence at the cash register, most consumers today at least claim to want their purchase decisions to be principled — to not just get the most for their money but to do
the least harm to themselves and the world in the process.
========================================= @Chad Question for you atheists: Define «morality» @momoya «Selecting the decision that causes
the least harm possible..»
Always do
the least harm possible.
They evaluate such things as what kind of tax will do
the least harm, or what environmental - protection measures will least impede economic growth.
The task force has come to the conclusion that the intent of organic regulations is to grow food in a way that causes
the least harm to the earth's soil, water and biological communities.
When there is a need, the mother should learn how to stop breastfeeding at
the least harm to baby and herself.
Doing so is one of the healthy parenting tips and you can be rest assured that the items you use are of
least harm to your baby.
We have to respect the rights and wishes of those involved, trying to find the kindest course of action or the option that will do
the least harm.
To the extent that conservatives succeed in reducing fiscal woes to a case of runaway spending, politicians find it easier to address budget shortfalls with public sector furlough days, wage freezes, layoffs and benefit cuts than with progressive tax increases that, many economists conclude, would cause
the least harm to the recovery.
In South Africa, the researchers found that, for any given level of budget cutting, policies that delay the presentation of the healthiest patients to care would do
the least harm in terms of deaths, years of life lost and new HIV transmissions.
As a result, in an ethical outrage as big as all outdoors, the coming shifts in climate and sea level will most harm the world's poor, who are least responsible for the atmosphere's composition, and will
least harm the wealthy, who bear the biggest responsibility.
Early on, I made a clear commitment to the extent that I could, to make sure everything in my life (that I had control over) contributed
the least harm to the environment.
Look for something that's formulated for sensitive skin — those usually do
the least harm.
It is based on proper food choices and causes
the least harm to other living beings and the environment.
Using the most natural forms of control causes
the least harm to us, our dogs and the environment.
If there are multiple ways a user interface can behave, pick the one that does
the least harm (e.g. deletes the fewest characters when the user starts a destructive action).
But we can brush this aside with extreme contempt and reply, in true Rawlsian fashion, «The eventual ghg concentration we seek must be calculated to bring
the least harm possible to the 3rd - world populations who are going to be most affected by global warming.»
Given we're obviously going to have to pay him anyway, where might he do
the least harm?
To summarise, we need to eat more vegetables and less flesh because vegetables are the foods that do us the most good and our planet
the least harm.
Sometimes it can be overwhelming to consider how we can do the most good and
the least harm when it comes to what we eat.
Last month Gordon Brown, the prime minister, told the Commons that the financial agreement at Copenhagen «must address the great injustice that... those hit first and hardest by climate change are those that have done
least harm».
When unsure of what to say to child or what to do, ask yourself, «What action or words will most preserve the relationship or do
least harm?»
I find that family mediation does
the least harm to a separating / divorcing couple's relationship because the mediator is helping the couple to reach resolution, instead of helping them to fight amongst themselves.
This involves using, re-using, and conserving natural resources to do
the least harm to the natural environment.