[wideawake]

One cannot hurt a family, only the individual members of a family, for example.

One cannot hurt an individual, only the distinct organs and possessions of that individual, like his lawnmower or his kidney.

[Sapirit]

very well put, especially post #114. However, I think, in general you (along with some others) are trying to rationalize something that is beyond rationality.

[Modernman]

One cannot hurt an individual, only the distinct organs and possessions of that individual, like his lawnmower or his kidney.

As a matter of semantics, I suppose that is correct. We can simply break it down to ownership: I own my nose, so you therefore have no right to damage it with a baseball bat.