Double-effect reasoning : doing good and avoiding evil /

T. A. Cavanaugh defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of double effect. DER plays a role in anti-consequentialist ethics (such as deontology), in hard cases in which one cannot realize a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, bad effect (for example, kil...

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Cavanaugh, T. A.
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Zusammenfassung:
T. A. Cavanaugh defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of double effect. DER plays a role in anti-consequentialist ethics (such as deontology), in hard cases in which one cannot realize a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, bad effect (for example, killing non-combatants when bombing a military target). This study is the first book-length account of the history and issues surrounding this controversial approach to hard cases. It willbe indispensable in theoretical ethics, applied ethics (especially medical and military), and moral theology. It wi
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1 online resource (245 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-209) and index.
ISBN:
9786611164508
1-281-16450-X
0-19-153409-9
1-4356-3122-6
Schlagworte:
Double effect (Ethics)
Christian ethics > Catholic authors.
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