1. The Doctrine of Double Effect
In Philippa Foot's essay "The Doctrine of Double Effect," she discusses various cases that present a choice between the death of one person or the death of five. She examines these situations under the lense of the doctrine of double effect (DDE), which essentially contends that an action can sometimes be morally permissible even if it results in bad, unintended consequences. ... The "double effect" of this decision results in the death either one or five, but it is important to note that their deaths are not caused by any direct killing on the doctors part, instead it...
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