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Toward Understanding the Principle of Double Effect

Ethics, 1980
The Principle of Double Effect (hereafter PDE) has long been a mainstay of Catholic moral thinking.' In recent years, however, the use and discussion of this doctrine have not been limited to Catholics or to theologians.' The PDE, or propositions closely related to it, have come up for considerable discussion by English-speaking philosophers.3 In spite
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The Gosport inquiry and the principle of double effect

British Journal of Nursing, 2018
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, restates the requirements of the principle of double effect that seeks to ensure that patients in intractable pain receive the analgesia they require to manage it
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Reconstructing the Principle of Double Effect

2013
This chapter re-evaluates the Principle of Double Effect as it often manifests itself in health care decisions (typically involving the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration to the seriously ill) and suggests a way to improve its application as a construct for humane decisionmaking. Rather than ascertaining, under the Principle, when conduct is ethical—
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Philosophical Oncology: Calling on the Principle of Double Effect

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2003
Reasonable human behavior is based on doing something for a consequence that is perceived as good. Ethical medical decision-making is based on prioritizing values after understanding the relevant facts. There is an ethical obligation to do no harm. This is especially true in relieving the pain and suffering of dying patients; in these cases, treatment ...
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The Function of the Principle of Double Effect

Theological Studies, 1993
With considerable frequency moral dilemmas have prompted ethicists to turn to the principle of double effect. Questions concerning sterilization, prophylactic devices, hunger-fasts, military strikes, and euthanasia have made us think of the principle as a handy problem-solving device. Raise a moral conflict, and the principle is profered.
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Separation of Conjoined Twins and the Principle of Double Effect

Christian Bioethics, 2006
This article examines the relationship between the principle of double effect and justification for separation surgeries for conjoined twins. First, the principle of double effect is examined in light of its historical context. It is argued that it can only operate under an absolutist view of good and evil that is compatible with the Bible.
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The Principle of Double Effect, Permissiveness, and Intention

International Philosophical Quarterly, 2019
While some believe that the principle of double effect provides sound ethical guidance, others believe that it does not and have leveled various types of argument against it. One type of argument leveled against it proceeds by applying it to hypothetical “closeness” cases.
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The principle of double-effect in a clinical context

Poiesis & Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science, 2003
Whereas indirect euthanasia is a common clinical practice, active euthanasia remains forbidden in most countries. The reason for this differentiation is usually seen in the principle of double-effect (PDE). PDE states that there is a morally relevant difference between the intended consequences of an action and merely foreseen, unintended side-effects.
Rainer Dziewas, Christoph Kellinghaus, Peter S�r�s   +2 more
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[The principle of double effect in palliative care].

Soins; la revue de reference infirmiere, 2011
Caregivers sometimes feel powerless in complex end-of-life situations. Some therapies used to relieve the patient can have the effect of shortening the patient's life. This is why it is essential to explain clearly the principle known as the double effect.
Maryse, Mailly, Daniéle, Bourrié, Pascal, Escassut, Marie-Bernadette, Cadilhac, Elisabeth, Guldner   +4 more
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Multiple solutions for double phase problems in Rn via Ricceri's principle

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2023
Vincenzo Ambrosio
exaly