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- According to the principle of double effect, sometimes it is permissible to cause a harm as an unintended and merely foreseen side effect (or “double effect”) of bringing about a good result even though it would not be permissible to cause such a harm as a means to bringing about the same good end.
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Jul 28, 2004 · The doctrine (or principle) of double effect is often invoked to explain the permissibility of an action that causes a serious harm, such as the death of a human being, as a side effect of promoting some good end.
The principle of double effect – also known as the rule of double effect, the doctrine of double effect, often abbreviated as DDE or PDE, double-effect reasoning, or simply double effect – is a set of ethical criteria which Christian philosophers have advocated for evaluating the permissibility of acting when one's otherwise legitimate act ...
Jan 8, 2010 · An explanation of this ethical doctrine, which suggests that when an action will have two consequences (a "double effect"), the ethicality of that action depends on which of the effects was...
Jun 26, 2011 · “Double Dhamaal” (a sequel to 2007’s “Dhamaal”) stars Sanjay Dutt as Kabir, a con-man-businessman who matches wits (as it were) with four bumbling fools (Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh,...
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Jan 1, 2020 · The formulation of the rule of double effect (RDE) and its application have been heavily debated in philosophy, theology, and bioethics throughout the last 50 years. We argue that much of this controversy results from a history of misunderstanding or misapplication of the RDE.
doctrine of double effect. normative ethics, that branch of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. It includes the formulation of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, institutions, and ways of life should be like.
The principle allows the action as morally permissible in those circumstances in which the harmful effect is not intended, but is a side-effect of the action. Acts of self-defence, for example, are often justified using this principle. This principle is sometimes referred to as the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE).
