Principle Of Double Effect

#Personal
A heuristic/tool that states that an action that causes a good and bad effect is morally permissible if:

1. The action is morally good or neutral independent of its consequences
2. The good effect is intended while the bad effect is merely foreseen
3. The bad effect is not a means for the good effect
4. There is a proportionally grave reason to permit the bad effect

Examples

• Lets you pull the lever in the trolley problem
• Doesn't let you