There are different formulations of the doctrine of double effect (DDE), and sometimes philosophers propose "revisions" or alternatives, like the means principle, for instance. To demonstrate that ...

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The doctrine of double effect (DDE), also known as the principle of double effect, is a set of ethical criteria that often affect medical practice and has regularly complicated the ethics around pain ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Proponents of double-effect reasoning — relying in part on a distinction between intention and foresight — assert that it is worse ...