Double-effect reasoning doing good and avoiding evil
What should you do when you cannot achieve good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, evil? This book articulates, and defends, an ancient approach to this common problem, the so-called 'double-effect' reasoning
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2006, 2006
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| Series: | Oxford studies in theological ethics / Oxford studies in theological ethics
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | What should you do when you cannot achieve good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, evil? This book articulates, and defends, an ancient approach to this common problem, the so-called 'double-effect' reasoning |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 220 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191604157 0191604151 |