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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / b. Double Effect

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A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot]

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The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot]

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Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot]

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Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot]

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Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot]