| Double-Effect Reasoning: Doing Good and Avoiding Evil Contributor(s): Cavanaugh, T. A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199272190 ISBN-13: 9780199272198 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: T. A. Cavanaugh defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of double effect. DER plays a role in anti-consequentialist ethics (such as deontology), in hard cases in which one cannot realize a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, bad effect (for example, killing non-combatants when bombing a military target). This study is the first book-length account of the history and issues surrounding this controversial approach to hard cases. It will be indispensable in theoretical ethics, applied ethics (especially medical and military), and moral theology. It will also interest legal and public policy scholars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Philosophy - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
| Dewey: 170.42 |
| LCCN: 2006009924 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: T. A. Cavanaugh defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of double effect. DER plays a role in anti-consequentialist ethics (such as deontology), in hard cases in which one cannot realize a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, bad effect (for example, killing non-combatants when bombing a military target). This study is the first book-length account of the history and issues surrounding this controversial approach to hard cases. It will be indispensable in theoretical ethics, applied ethics (especially medical and military), and moral theology. It will also interest legal and public policy scholars. |
