Sentences with phrase «produced more harm than good»

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They then must use prudential reasoning to decide whether even a justified use of force would produce more good than harm, would have a reasonable hope of success, and would be the only course likely to be effective in achieving the justified ends.

But whether we style ourselves religious activists or quietists, the fundamental ecology of history is such that even our best acts or most patient waiting can produce more ultimate harm than good; the very best we can do is more good than harm.

Study co-author Linda - Gail Bekker, MD, PhD — Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and current President of the International AIDS Society — says, «Whether the yardstick is mortality, life expectancy or new transmissions, these reductions would almost certainly produce proportionally greater harm than savings — do more human harm than economic good.»

Nor did the EPA show the best understanding of toxicology in urging BP in a directive to use dispersants with a «toxicity value less than» a certain cutoff: in toxicology, a chemical that produces harm at low concentrations, say, five parts per million, is more deadly than those that kill at 10 parts per million.

Everything from batteries to solar panels need to be made with this natural high - grade flake graphite because what is the point of powering your home with the sun or charging your car if the products themselves do more harm than good to the environment when produced.

For example, if you're taking a histamine - producing bacteria in yogurt like Lactobaccillus casei, you'll be doing more harm than good.

By providing incentives for suppliers to produce more of the needed goods, the seemingly exorbitant prices «do far more good than harm.»

So by «wrong» I mean, «inefficient» — as in, these are things indie authors do, but that they should stop doing because they don't produce positive results (and can actually do more harm than good).

Without such an assessment, it is quite possible to produce unintended and undesirable consequences for the remaining species and cause more harm than good.

Arguments that unilateral action by the United States produces little climate benefit, that a carbon tax will expand the size of government, that a carbon tax is a regressive, that adaptation and geo - engineering is preferable to emissions constraint, that economists can not confidently design a carbon tax that does more good than harm, that the legislative process can not deliver a carbon tax worth embracing, and that promoting a carbon tax puts conservatives on a slippery political slope are explored and found wanting.

Transvaginal mesh was produced to prevent pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, but studies have since revealed the device may cause more harm than good.