An approach to ethics that focuses on theories of the importance of general principles such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/nonmaleficence, and justice
A philosophically coherent set of propositions (for example, utilitarianism) which attempts to provide general norms for the guidance and evaluation of moral conduct. (from Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 4th ed)
Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also bring about bad results. It generally states that, in cases where a contemplated action has such double effect, the action is permissible only if: it is not wrong in itself; the bad result is not intended; the good result is not a direct causal result of the bad result; and the good result is "proportionate to" the bad result. (from Solomon, "Double Effect," in Becker, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, 1992)
Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also bring about bad results. It generally states that, in cases where a contemplated action has such double effect, the action is permissible only if: it is not wrong in itself; the bad result is not intended; the good result is not a direct causal result of the bad result; and the good result is "proportionate to" the bad result. (from Solomon, "Double Effect," in Becker, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, 1992)
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Principle of equality. : Rethinking equality : the challenge of equal citizenship / Chris Armstrong
Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also bring about bad results. It generally states that, in cases where a contemplated action has such double effect, the action is permissible only if: it is not wrong in itself; the bad result is not intended; the good result is not a direct causal result of the bad result; and the good result is "proportionate to" the bad result. (from Solomon, "Double Effect," in Becker, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, 1992)
Jones, William, 1746-1794. Principles of government : The proceedings in the cause the King against the Dean of St. Asaph : on the prosecution of William Jones, Gent., for a libel : at the Great Session held at Wrexham, for the county of Denbigh, on Monday, Sept. 1, 1783, before the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, Chief Justice, and the Hon. Daines Barrington, the other justice of our Lord the King of his Great Session of the county of Denbigh / taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney
Here are entered works that contain or discuss collections of the various formulations that list systematically the contents of Jewish belief. Works containing individual creeds or discussions of them are entered under the heading for the creed, e.g. Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. 13 ʻiḳre ha-emunah
An approach to ethics that focuses on theories of the importance of general principles such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/nonmaleficence, and justice