Intention and Responsibility in Double Effect Cases
I argue that the moral distinction in double effect cases rests on a difference not in intention as traditionally stated in the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE), but in desire. The traditional DDE has difficulty ensuring that an agent intends the bad effect just in those cases where what he does is m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2000, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-434 |
| Further subjects: | B
Desire
B Intention B double effect B Responsibility B Practical Reasoning B agent evaluation B Virtue Ethics |
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