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Double Effect
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Double Effect
The use of sedatives and analgesics—in particular narcotics—in terminally ill in doses high enough to both relieve pain and/or suffering—the ‘good’ effect—and hasten their demise—the ‘bad’ effect

double effect
Medical ethics The use in terminally ill Pts of sedative and analgesic dosages high enough to relieve both pain and suffering–the 'good' effect, and hasten their demise–the 'bad' effect. Cf Euthanasia.


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The Principle of Double Effect The Ethical Guidelines of St.
Further, the logic of Posner's concession would presumably force him to admit the legal relevance of the philosophical debate surrounding the principle of double effect itself, since this principle seems to capture the structure of at least some of our moral intuitions (361) and merely formalizes the relations between intention, foresight, and common legal norms.
1) Rather than address the issue through legislation, British Parliament directs courts to apply the principle of double effect in suspected voluntary active euthanasia cases in order to distinguish situations where a physician's actions intentionally hasten the death of a patient from those in which the death of the patient occurs as an unintentional secondary effect of treating a terminally ill patient's pain with drugs.
 
 
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