PHIL-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Life Stance, Logical Consequence, Trolley Problem
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The doctrine of double effect: there are 2 types of effects: 1. With respect to what is strictly and directly intended, we intend ends to our actions, and also the. With respect to what is not strictly and directly intended, they are things brought about as a. They are not unforeseen consequences: many argue we have no moral responsibility for. The consequences of our means and ends are not what we aim to achieve, but nonetheless. But if we are allowed to bring about the death of a child to save a mother, does it matter how this. Foote: discussions of abortion hinge on the idea of double effect. Begins by listing reasons why abortion is debated: 1. we both want and don"t want to give an unborn child the rights of adults and other children (do they have person making features?)
