
Ep. 14: The Principle of Double Effect
Bioethics on Air
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The Principle of Double Effect Quote-Unquote Does Not Apply
The principle of double effect quote-unquote fail or in other words can you give us an example where the principle informs us what we shouldn't do? Sure absolutely one of the common situations that we encounter questions that we encounter in consultation work actually deals with the questions about sterilization, surgical sterilization particularly talking about getting the tubes tied. We would say that it remains an immoral action to undergo a tuba ligation in order to prevent a future high-risk pregnancies could be done. It is directly intending the surgical mutilation of healthy reproductive organs so that is in effect an intrinsic moral evil.
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