The Doctrine of Double Effect

Some MOJ-readers are interested in the Doctrine of Double Effect (especially as it relates to capital punishment and abortion).  The following book--a collection of essays by various writers, some of whom are quite prominent--was recommended to me and certainly seems to be excellent.  Some of the essays defend the doctrine; other of the essays challenge it:

P.A. Woodward, ed., The Doctrine of Double Effect:  Philosophers Debate a Controversial Moral Principle (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002).

Click here to learn more about the book.
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