Against the Worse Than Nothing Account of Harm: A Reply to Immerman

Abstract The counterfactual comparative account of harm ( cca ) faces well-known problems concerning preemption and omission. In a recent article in this journal, Daniel Immerman proposes novel variant , which he calls the worse than nothing wtna ). According to Immerman, nicely handles omission problems. We seek show, however, that is not an acceptable harm. particular, while deals better with some cases involve omission, it has implausible implications other similar – that, moreover, pose no for .