Meaning of do no harm | Babel Free

Definitions

To perform no actions which will be injurious or in any way unfavorable to another person, regardless of whether one does anything of positive benefit for that other person.

Examples

“"Oh, make your mind easy! I shall do no harm, if I do no good."”

“[G]et government out of the gambling business. . . . These officials pervert public policy, which should at least do no harm.”

“First, consider the moral minimum, do no harm.”

“A doctor's principle code is, "First, do no harm."”

“Hence, some people consider non-maleficence to be the most basic of all the cardinal principles of ethics; it lays down the least minimum condition for ethical correctness, as if to say: "even if you would not do good, at least do no harm."”

CEFR level