A Hybrid Account of Harm

When does a state of affairs constitute harm to someone? Comparative accounts say that being worse off constitutes harm. The temporal version the comparative account is seldom taken seriously, due apparently fatal counterexamples. I defend against these counterexamples, and show it in fact more plausible than prominent counterfactual account. Non-comparative badly However, neither nor non-comparative can correctly classify all harms. argue we should combine them into hybrid extensionally adequate presents unified view on nature