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    It is not the case that The argument conflates harm with the subjective experience of harm, but harm can be understood relationally and counterfactually.

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    • 1.Subjective experience is constitutive of harm for moral patients: a being experiencing no negative sensation cannot be said to be harmed in morally relevant ways.
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    • 2.Counterfactual harm requires problematic metaphysics: comparing actual to unrealized possible worlds introduces indeterminacy about which counterfactuals matter.
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    • 3.Relational harm risks overextension: deeming someone harmed by structural inequality they don't perceive may paternalistically deny their own assessment of wellbeing.
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    • 1.Harm can occur without awareness: a person harmed by disease while unconscious still suffers objective damage regardless of subjective experience.
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    • 2.Counterfactual analysis reveals harm by comparing actual outcomes to what would have occurred absent the harmful act or condition.
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    • 3.Relational harm accounts for structural disadvantage: someone harmed by discrimination experiences real setback even without psychological distress.
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