In His Reply, Dan Demetriou Denies Travis Timmerman's Premise That

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In his reply, Dan Demetriou denies Travis Timmerman's premise that "If x unavoidably harms morally considerable beings who don't deserve to be harmed, then there's strong moral reason to prevent x." In doing so, he offers the example of NBA player Stephen Curry. In your essay, explain Demetriou's example. In your explanation, offer another example that illustrate's Demtriou's point. Finally, defend or object to this claim: Demetriou's example is similar in morally relevant ways to the situations that Timmerman has in mind when he defends this premise.