The Doctrine of Double Effect

A Companion to Applied Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 464-474

  Frey, R G ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctrine of double effect (DDE); Killing in applied ethics; Medical cases; Medical ethics; Principle of reasoning in ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952354900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996621.ch34     Document Type: Chapter

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