6 Questions
What is a fundamental principle of ethics?
Evil may never precede good in an action.
What is one of the principal conditions of the principle of double effect?
The good effect must be produced directly by the action.
What does Paul Glenn describe in his book 'Ethics' regarding performing an act with both good and evil effects?
The act must have a reason sufficiently grave calling for its good effect.
Why is it said that the bad effect in the principle of double effect is indirectly voluntary?
To emphasize that agents should avoid willing the bad effect.
In moral decision-making according to the text, when can one perform an act with both good and evil effects?
When there is a reason sufficiently grave calling for the act's good effect.
What must an agent do if they could attain the good effect without experiencing a bad effect according to the principle of double effect?
They should strive to attain the good effect without the bad effect.
Learn about the important elements of the principle of double effect, as outlined in The New Catholic Encyclopedia. Understand the conditions that need to be met for this principle to apply in moral decision-making.
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