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Double-Effect Reasoning: Doing Good and Avoiding Evil - Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics Cavanaugh, T. A. (Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of San Francisco)
Double-Effect Reasoning: Doing Good and Avoiding Evil - Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
Cavanaugh, T. A. (Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of San Francisco)
What should you do when you cannot achieve a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, evil (such as killing non-combatants when bombing a military target)? This book articulates, and defends, an ancient approach to this common problem, double-effect reasoning.
248 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 9, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199272198 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 148 × 223 × 15 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |