The doctrine of double effect and the question of constraints on business decisions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-63

  Tully, Patrick A ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints on business decisions; Disproportion; Doctrine of double effect; Harmful products; Intrinsically harmful acts; Natural law

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644486962     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1383-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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