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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Morality, Action, and Outcome' and 'Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy'

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / b. Double Effect

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We see a moral distinction between doing and allowing to happen [Foot]

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We see a moral distinction between our aims and their foreseen consequences [Foot]

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Acts and omissions only matter if they concern doing something versus allowing it [Foot]

6896	Double effect is the distinction between what is foreseen and what is intended [Mautner]

6897	Double effect acts need goodness, unintended evil, good not caused by evil, and outweighing [Mautner]