Th Doctrine of Double Effect: Consequentialism
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:49:53
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 10 pages (2837 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 10 pages (2837 words)
The Doctrine of Double Effect states that it is a morally relevant difference between those bad consequences we aim and intend to bring about, and those that we do not intend but still foresee as a likely outcome of our actions. Under certain circumstances, it is morally acceptable to risk certain outcomes that would not be acceptable to intend. Though it is always wrong to kill innocents deliberately, this doctrine says, it is sometimes permissible …
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…this exemption is one that he anticipated to make, but it is a loose end that needs further explanation.
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