The doctrine of double effect (DE) and the doctrine of doing and allowing (DA) are usually interpreted as deontological non-consequentialist doctrines. In this essay I elaborate a consequentialist version of DE, Harmful Means DE. It asserts that in some cases, an ordinary deliberator is subject to a preemptive rule which prohibits knowingly causing the death of few as a means for saving many others, because, by following the rule, she is more likely to conform to the commands of prospectivist act-consequentialism. Harmful Means DE yields some of the most attractive results of deontological versions of DE. I then develop a consequentialist morality of unintentional killing—Harmful Phase DA—which resolves an under-explored tension between DA and DE.
SCEWP seminar: Yitzhak Benbaji (TAU)
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Date:
16 June 2016, 4.15 PM
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16 June 2016, 6.00 PM
Venue: D734
Venue: D734
“Double Effect, Intentionality and Rules”
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Source: Department of Philosophy