Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also bring about bad results. It generally states that, in cases where a contemplated action has such double effect, the action is permissible only if: it is not wrong in itself; the bad result is not intended; the good result is not a direct causal result of the bad result; and the good result is "proportionate to" the bad result. (from Solomon, "Double Effect," in Becker, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, 1992)

Descriptor ID	D034723
MeSH Number(s)	K01.752.566.479.101 N05.350.238
Concept/Terms	Double Effect Principle Double Effect Principle Effect Principle, Double Principle, Double Effect Principles, Double Effect Doctrine of Double Effect Effect Doctrine, Double Double Effect Doctrine Doctrine, Double Effect Double Effect Rule Rule, Double Effect Principle of Double Effect Rule of Double Effect Effect Rule, Double

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