Aristotle and Double Effect
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Aristotle and Double Effect. / Di Nucci, Ezio.
In: Journal of Ancient Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2014, p. 20-48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Aristotle and Double Effect
AU - Di Nucci, Ezio
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - There are some interesting similarities between Aristotle’s ‘mixed actions’ in Book III of the Nicomachean Ethics and the actions often thought to be justifiable with the Doctrine of Double Effect. Here I analyse these similarities by comparing Aristotle’s examples of mixed actions with standard cases from the literature on double effect such as, amongst others, strategic bombing, the trolley problem, and craniotomy. I find that, despite some common features such as the dilemmatic structure and the inevitability of a bad effect, Aristotle’s mixed actions do not count as cases justifiable through application of the Doctrine of Double Effect because they fail to meet the crucial necessary condition of the Doctrine according to which the bad effect can only be a merely foreseen side- effect and not an intended means.
AB - There are some interesting similarities between Aristotle’s ‘mixed actions’ in Book III of the Nicomachean Ethics and the actions often thought to be justifiable with the Doctrine of Double Effect. Here I analyse these similarities by comparing Aristotle’s examples of mixed actions with standard cases from the literature on double effect such as, amongst others, strategic bombing, the trolley problem, and craniotomy. I find that, despite some common features such as the dilemmatic structure and the inevitability of a bad effect, Aristotle’s mixed actions do not count as cases justifiable through application of the Doctrine of Double Effect because they fail to meet the crucial necessary condition of the Doctrine according to which the bad effect can only be a merely foreseen side- effect and not an intended means.
U2 - 10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v8i1p20-48
DO - 10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v8i1p20-48
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 20
EP - 48
JO - Journal of Ancient Philosophy
JF - Journal of Ancient Philosophy
SN - 1981-9471
IS - 1
ER -
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