Principle of double effect

active and passive euthanasia, the Doctrine of Double Effect, and a history of Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s involvement with physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. Physician-assisted suicide, as defined by Pozgar, G. D., is an action in which a physician voluntarily aids a patient in bringing about his or her own death (2016). There is much controversy over this topic…

Deontologist theory bases morality on specific, foundational principles of obligation ((Edges & Groves, 2006, p. 35). For example, it is wrong for parents to not care for their kids even if it results to great benefit like financial savings. Regardless of the overall result or consequences, certain acts are morally…

Specifically, the article states that the principle of autonomy is not only important, but it is very easy to undermine. To start, informed consent is considered as fulfilling the principle of autonomy. However, as stated before, patients can give their informed consent without understanding anything about the treatment. As such, the author states that this is a form…

Intro to Euthanasia,suicide, and Double doctrine It may come to no surprise to you that the topic of euthanasia and assisted suicide are controversial issues. It makes sense why it would cause controversy when people ask to end their lives of their own accord. However despite suicide having a negative connotation, euthanasia is a much more complicated issue. While people wish to have their loved ones alive, the patient who is suffering may not desire to keep going on with their life due to…

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Principle It includes the primer mediated enzymatic amplification of DNA. It uses the ability of DNA polymerase to manufacture new strand of DNA complementary to the offered template strand. DNA polymerase can add a nucleotide only onto a preexisting 3′-OH group to add the first nucleotide that is way Primer is required. Then DNA polymerase elongates its three ends by adding more nucleotides to generate an extended region of double-stranded DNA. Procedure All…

that he can to preserve his life. The principle of double effect talks about an action that causes both a good and bad effects and if the action causes a good effect we need continue, but if it causes a bad effect the person needs to stop (Munson, 2012, p. 887). Mr. Doe if given the additional chemotherapy would die and if the doctor does not treat the patient with additional therapy the patient would…

According to Bentham, the consequentialist principle states that the rightness of an act is defined by the goodness of the results, and the hedonist principle states that an act is right if it brings pleasure and prevents pain. Hedonism specifies that pleasure is the ultimate, highest good. Therefore, it is the end goal. In Bentham’s view of utilitarianism…

the Doctrine of Double Effect is often cited to explain the permissibility of an act which is evil by nature, such as the death of a human being which is an evil, for a good end like to save the life of another. For example, in cases of uterus cancer, in process to save the life of the mother (good end), the doctor has to take the life of the baby in the womb (morally impermissible act). Influential philosopher Thomas Aquinas is credited with introducing the principle of double effect. First, we…

They make the workers less empathetic to other things that are not as painful as death. This fact already shows the effect of working in a funeral business to the emotional aspect of a person and it is an important factor to know because pro-social behavior affects the moral development of a person (Moral Development, n.d). And at times when the funeral workers reached…

coming. The second of Aquinas’ three conditions is the “Just Cause” principle. It states that in order for war to be declared, one must have a good reason. According to Aquinas ( and Augustine), good reasons…