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# Do no harm

**Gist.** Human life, health and dignity are the highest value; do not cause harm or pain.

**Conditions and exceptions.** Defending yourself or another from attack is not a violation. Treatment that hurts for a while (a vaccination) is not harm. An accident without anyone's intent is harm, but not guilt.

**Examples.**

- The Wolf and the Lamb (Aesop): the wolf looks for a pretext to eat the lamb. The strong harm the weak.
- Newton under the tree: an apple fell on his head — it hurt, but nobody is to blame (harm without guilt).

**Sources.** Aesop's fables; "you shall not murder" (Ex 20:13); Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Art. 3.

```
id: do-no-harm
rule: cause_harm_state
name: do no harm
gist: human life, health and dignity are the highest value
against: hit hurt kill beat bite harm attack injure wound eat_up devour
towards: heal protect save rescue
```

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