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Originally Posted by VeeDDzz`
When Trump is re-elected there will be firecrackers in Moscow.
What is the Doctrine of Double Effect?
Also, this is not so much a theoretical argument. It is an empirically testable prediction.
The merit being that - a theory which sticks it's neck out, is a better theory than one that makes no predictions.
IIRC, the Doctrine of Double Effect has it that you can do a good thing that may have a bad effect (eg a doctor giving a large dose of morphine to dying man to ease his pain but which may in fact hasten that man's death) but not a bad thing that can have a good effect (eg holding a junkie relative hostage in order to effect a cold turkey rehabilitation).