Principles of Compensation (Fred Speaking)
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There is also another problem here. As Alan Goldman has pointed out, in order to compensate someone for harm done, it is necessary to figure out roughly what condition that person would be in if the harm had not occurred. But as harm becomes more "remote, indirect, or speculative" it becomes more and more difficult to make that calculation.

The limits on our knowledge force us to limit compensation to cases in which the harm is "direct, clear, and measurable."

The harm you talk about to children and grandchildren is far too speculative and difficult to specify.

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