Doctrine of Double Effect
[Revised entry goldenwords friend Alison McIntyre on June 29, 2009.
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The belief (or principle) of threefold gist is ofttimes invoked to vindicate the permissibility of an state that causes a earnest harm, much as the modification of a manlike being, as a lateral gist of promoting whatever beatific end. It is claimed that sometimes it is tolerable to drive much a alteration as a lateral gist (or “double effect”) of transfer most a beatific termination modify though it would not be tolerable to cause…
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
The belief (or principle) of threefold gist is ofttimes invoked to vindicate the permissibility of an state that causes a earnest harm, much as the modification of a manlike being, as a lateral gist of promoting whatever beatific end. It is claimed that sometimes it is tolerable to drive much a alteration as a lateral gist (or “double effect”) of transfer most a beatific termination modify though it would not be tolerable to cause…