Is the Doctrine of Double Effect flawed?
Many argue that the doctrine itself is inherently flawed. It promotes decision making by Man to an almost god-like status. The means to make life and death decisions are granted to the nation’s leaders and the Doctrine of Double Effect used to mask any bad results that those decisions may produce. In addition, when the doctrine is used in critical decision making processes, an attempt is made to define the worth of a human being. That single most important variable becomes one of the greatest arguments against the doctrine. The Doctrine of Double Effect is also used in the business world, at both large and small corporations, when major decisions must be made that effect the lives of employees. In most cases, the article being evaluated is an employee and in practically all cases, those employees are valued on a different scale than their managers. A manager will typically be valued higher than a common worker. It is ironic that the person who more often than not benefits from the resu
