Principle of Double Effect in Moral Decision-making

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What is a fundamental principle of ethics?

  • The end always justifies the means.
  • The agent must always will the bad effect in a moral decision.
  • Evil may never precede good in an action. (correct)
  • One must use bad means to achieve good ends.

What is one of the principal conditions of the principle of double effect?

  • The agent should positively will the bad effect.
  • The agent should always prioritize the bad effect over the good effect.
  • The good effect must be produced directly by the action. (correct)
  • The act itself must be evil.

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. (correct)
  • It is acceptable to precede an evil effect with a good effect.
  • Evil should be done to allow for the possibility of good outcomes.
  • One should always will the evil effect to achieve a good outcome.

Why is it said that the bad effect in the principle of double effect is indirectly voluntary?

<p>To emphasize that agents should avoid willing the bad effect. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In moral decision-making according to the text, when can one perform an act with both good and evil effects?

<p>When there is a reason sufficiently grave calling for the act's good effect. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must an agent do if they could attain the good effect without experiencing a bad effect according to the principle of double effect?

<p>They should strive to attain the good effect without the bad effect. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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