Double Effect Principle

Dubbeleffekt

Engelsk definition

Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also bring about bad results. It generally states that, in cases where a contemplated action has such double effect, the action is permissible only if: it is not wrong in itself; the bad result is not intended; the good result is not a direct causal result of the bad result; and the good result is "proportionate to" the bad result. (from Solomon, "Double Effect," in Becker, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, 1992)

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Engelska synonymer

Effect Principle, Double — Principle, Double Effect — Principles, Double Effect — Doctrine of Double Effect — Effect Doctrine, Double — Double Effect Doctrine — Doctrine, Double Effect — Double Effect Rule — Rule, Double Effect — Principle of Double Effect — Rule of Double Effect — Effect Rule, Double