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The two propositions in Aquinas from which the so-called doctrine of double-effect arises are (1) actions are morally specified (“receive their species”) according to what is intended (“id quod intenditur”) and not according to what falls outside the intention (“praeter intentionem”), and (2) a single act can have effects that fall within the agent’s intention and others that fall outside the intention (Aquinas, ST, II–II, Q. 64, a. 7).
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Brugger, E.C. (2011). Praeter Intentionem in Aquinas and Issues in Bioethics. In: Tollefsen, C. (eds) Bioethics with Liberty and Justice. Philosophy and Medicine(), vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9791-0_6
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