"T. A. Cavanaugh articulates and defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of double effect. Cavanaugh here offers the first book-lengt

Philosophers and ethicists debate this controversial moral principle (including actions, intentions, consequences, unintended consequenses, intentional-unintent

This book offers a comprehensive history of the principle of double effect and its applications in ethics. Written from a non-theological perspective, it makes

Bonnie Steinbock presents the authoritative, state-of-the-art guide to current issues in bioethics, covering 30 topics in original essays by some of the world's

A comprehensive defense of the principle of double effect and the importance of intentions for normative ethics.