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    Intention and Wrongdoing: A Defense of the Principle of Double Effect by Joshua Stuchlik.Michael J. Degnan -2022 -Review of Metaphysics 76 (2):367-369.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Intention and Wrongdoing: A Defense of the Principle of Double Effect by Joshua StuchlikMichael J. DegnanSTUCHLIK, Joshua. Intention and Wrongdoing: A Defense of the Principle of Double Effect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xvi + 220 pp. Cloth, $99.99In this book Joshua Stuchlik vigorously defends the principle of double effect (PDE), which states, "There is a strict moral constraint against bringing about serious evil (harm) to an innocent (...) person intentionally, but it is permissible in a wider range of circumstances to act in a way that brings about serious evil incidentally, as a foreseen but non-intended side effect." After defining the terms of the principle and considering an intuitive case-based defense, he supports its truth based on a standard of solidarity. Since the PDE requires the distinction between intended consequences and nonintended side effects, he explains Elizabeth Anscombe's theory of intention, which supports the distinction's moral significance. He uses her theory to treat the closeness problem, the irrelevance of intention critique, and a challenge from Joshua Greene's empirical moral psychology that purports to undermine deontological constraints on causing harm.I present Stuchlik's grounding for the PDE followed by an uncontroversial example of its application. After this I consider two important objections to the PDE that Stuchlik critiques: the closeness problem and James Rachels's argument that intentions are irrelevant to judging the moral permissibility of actions. I conclude by examining Stuchlik's treatment of these challenges.Stuchlik interprets the PDE's very strict constraint against intentional killing or seriously harming the innocent as a near absolute prohibition, for he believes innocent persons are not suitable recipients of intentional harm. He grounds this constraint on the principle of solidarity. Being in solidarity with another is possessing concern for that other's sake. The ground for this concern is a shared human nature that enables members to think of themselves as making a "we." Human nature consists in the structured potentialities for knowing and freely choosing. Evidence of these rational potentialities is the human orientation toward the transcendent values of truth and goodness. Such embodied potentialities have inviolable worth.The scenarios of the precision bomber and the terror bomber illustrate the moral significance of the intended harm versus the nonintended but foreseen harm that Stuchlik adopts from Elizabeth Anscombe's action theory. Each bombers' goal is to help his country win a just war. The precision bomber pursues that goal by targeting a munitions factory. Though he foresees that many noncombatants will be killed or seriously [End Page 367] injured from the bomb, he does not necessarily intend these harms. By contrast, the terror bomber targets a civilian center necessarily intending harm for noncombatants. The PDE rules out his conduct.Anscombe's account of intention can lead to the problem of closeness in which the content of an intention is sufficiently fine-grained that an agent need not intend harm in almost any situation. Stuchlik illustrates the problem with Alexander Pruss's zookeeper scenario.An eccentric literalistic but always truthful magnate tells Sam he will donate to famine relief saving a hundred lives if and only if Sam follows his directions to the iota. Sam is to purchase a gun, sneak at night into a zoo owned by the magnate and kill the first mammal he sees. Sam sneaks into the zoo, sees a mammal in the distance, and forms the intention to shoot it. Then he notices that the mammal is human but shoots nonetheless on utilitarian grounds.In this case applying the PDE shows that Sam is simply intending that a mammal be killed. The fact that the mammal is a human is irrelevant, according to Anscombe's action theory.Stuchlik's response clarifies the scope of intention in the PDE. As stated above, the intention's content includes seriously harming an innocent human. However, if the intention ranges only over an intention to bring about an effect, E, and it turns out that E is a serious harm for an innocent human being, then applying the principle shows that Sam's action is wrong. The intended effect of killing the mammal is, as a matter of fact, an... (shrink)
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    Aristotle on Unqualified Knowledge.Michael J. Degnan -1994 -Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 68:145-158.
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    Desiring the Good: Ancient Proposals and Contemporary Theory. By Katja Maria Vogt.Michael J. Degnan -2019 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 93 (3):583-585.
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    Philosophy of Mind.Michael J. Degnan -1996 -Philosophical Books 37 (4):286-288.
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    The Quality of Life: Aristotle Revised. By Richard Kraut.Michael J. Degnan -2019 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 93 (4):759-763.
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    What is the Scope of Aristotle's Defense of the PNC?Michael J. Degnan -1999 -Apeiron 32 (3):243 - 274.
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    Aristotle on meaning and essence.Michael J. Degnan -2004 -Philosophical Books 45 (1):34-41.
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    Aristotle on Truth - by Paolo Crivelli.Michael J. Degnan -2007 -Philosophical Books 48 (2):162-164.
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    Abortion and Unborn Human Life. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -2001 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 75 (1):116-120.
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    Book Notes. [REVIEW]Bettina G. Bergo,Bernard Boxill,Matthew B. Crawford,Patrick Croskery,Michael J. Degnan,Paul Graham,Kenneth Kipnis,Avery H. Kolers,Henry S. Richardson &David S. Weberman -2002 -Ethics 112 (4):884-889.
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    Aristotle’s First Principles. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -1992 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 66 (3):384-387.
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    Aristotle’s Modal Logic. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -2000 -Ancient Philosophy 20 (1):215-222.
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    Nature’s Causes. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -2000 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 74 (2):309-313.
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    Principles and Proofs. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -1994 -Review of Metaphysics 48 (1):154-156.
    This book aims to recapture Aristotle's vision of the nature of science and scientific knowledge. According to McKirahan, Aristotle's demonstrative science consists primarily of principles and proofs. In five chapters he systematically treats the principles: axioms, definitions, and existence claims. To settle some issues left obscure by Aristotle, McKirahan turns to Euclid's geometrical practice in the Elements, for he argues that Euclid is strongly influenced by the Posterior Analytics' model of demonstration. McKirahan examines aspects of Aristotelian proofs with a chapter (...) on each of three distinct types of demonstration he finds in APo: universal subject-attribute demonstrations, application arguments, and demonstrations of existence. (shrink)
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    Person and Psyche. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -2011 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 85 (3):516-520.
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    Practices of Reason. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -1996 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 70 (2):307-311.
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    The Origins of Aristotelian Science. [REVIEW]Michael J. Degnan -1994 -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 68 (2):236-240.
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