Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-209) and index.

The history of double-effect reasoning -- Aquinas's originating account -- Developments of Thomas's account -- Simplifying the received criteria -- The contemporary conversation -- Proportionalism -- Anti-consequentialist deontological alternatives to DER -- Contemporary versions of DER -- The i/f distinction : distinguishing intent from foresight -- Coming to terms -- The problem of closeness -- Responses to the problem of closeness -- An account of intention -- Application to contrasted cases -- The i/f distinction's ethical import -- Common misunderstandings of the i/f distinction's relevance -- The first-order/second-order distinction -- The distinction's ethical relevance -- DER and remaining considerations -- DER and reparations -- DER and allowing -- DER and the wrongful acts of other agents -- Double effect, non-combatant casualties, and the laws of war -- Double effect and public policy concerning euthanasia -- Double effect as applied to wrongful acts and the law -- DER in law --DER and Roman Catholic moral theology.

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