The doctrine of double effect (DDE), also known as the principle of double effect, is a set of ethical criteria that often affect medical practice and has regularly complicated the ethics around pain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore a longstanding thorny topic that ...

There are different formulations of the doctrine of double effect (DDE), and sometimes philosophers propose "revisions" or alternatives, like the means principle, for instance. To demonstrate that ...

Part I: Catholic medical ethicists explain the Catholic tradition of double-effect theory and explore its ongoing impact on medicine and legislation. A Mary, Queen of Heaven, statue stands on a ...