Many philosophers display relaxed scepticism about the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing (DDA) and the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE), suspecting, without great alarm, that one or both of these Doctrines is indefensible. This relaxed scepticism is misplaced. Anyone who aims to endorse a theory of right action with Nonconsequentialist implications (henceforth any Nonconsequentialist) should accept both the DDA (or a replacement) and the DDE (or a replacement). First, even to state a Nonconsequentialist theory requires drawing a distinction between respecting and promoting values. This cannot be done without accepting some deontological distinction. Second, if someone is going to accept any deontological distinction she should accept either the...
The doctrine of double effect (DDE) explains that it may be permissible to cause harm as a foreseen ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Philosophy, 2008.This dissertation examines two q...
That many values can be consequentialized – incorporated into a ranking of states of affairs – is of...
In its standard formulation, the doctrine of double effect (DDE) permits an action that causes fores...
The Doctrine of Double Effect [DDE] states roughly that it is harder to justify causing or allowing ...
Evaluator-relative consequentialists frequently endorse the traditional doing-allowing distinction. ...
Common morality endorses some form of an exceptionless prohibition against killing innocents. Natura...
Abstract. Proponents of doctrine of double effect appeal to it to demonstrate that certain actions w...
Recently, Gerhard Overland and Alec Walen have developed novel and interesting theories of nonconseq...
My focus in this paper is the use of the doctrine of double effect (DDE) in the context of Just War ...
My focus in this paper is the use of the doctrine of double effect (DDE) in the context of Just War ...
Recent work on consequentialism has revealed it to be more flexible than previously thought. Consequ...
Consequentializing involves both a strategy and conditions for its successful implementation. The s...
Deontological theories are better understood in contrast to cosequentialist theories and are commonl...
American criminal law is committed to some version of the doctrine of double effect (“DDE”). In this...
The doctrine of double effect (DDE) explains that it may be permissible to cause harm as a foreseen ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Philosophy, 2008.This dissertation examines two q...
That many values can be consequentialized – incorporated into a ranking of states of affairs – is of...
In its standard formulation, the doctrine of double effect (DDE) permits an action that causes fores...
The Doctrine of Double Effect [DDE] states roughly that it is harder to justify causing or allowing ...
Evaluator-relative consequentialists frequently endorse the traditional doing-allowing distinction. ...
Common morality endorses some form of an exceptionless prohibition against killing innocents. Natura...
Abstract. Proponents of doctrine of double effect appeal to it to demonstrate that certain actions w...
Recently, Gerhard Overland and Alec Walen have developed novel and interesting theories of nonconseq...
My focus in this paper is the use of the doctrine of double effect (DDE) in the context of Just War ...
My focus in this paper is the use of the doctrine of double effect (DDE) in the context of Just War ...
Recent work on consequentialism has revealed it to be more flexible than previously thought. Consequ...
Consequentializing involves both a strategy and conditions for its successful implementation. The s...
Deontological theories are better understood in contrast to cosequentialist theories and are commonl...
American criminal law is committed to some version of the doctrine of double effect (“DDE”). In this...
The doctrine of double effect (DDE) explains that it may be permissible to cause harm as a foreseen ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Philosophy, 2008.This dissertation examines two q...
That many values can be consequentialized – incorporated into a ranking of states of affairs – is of...