The Double Effect Effect

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 20 (1):56-72 (2011)
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Abstract

The “doctrine of double effect” has a pleasing ring to it. It is regarded by some as the cornerstone of any sound approach to end-of-life issues and by others as religious mumbo jumbo. Discussions about “the doctrine” often generate more heat than light. They are often conducted at cross-purposes and laced with footnotes from Leviticus

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Intention, Foresight, and Ending Life.Andrew Mcgee - 2013 - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 22 (1):77-85.

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Principles of biomedical ethics.Tom L. Beauchamp - 1979 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by James F. Childress.

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