Which of the following best captures the doctrine of double effect?
A) An action is not truly virtuous if it is chosen not for the sake of the virtue, but for the sake of some secondary effect of the action.
B) It is sometimes permissible to bring about a bad outcome as the side effect of your actions, even if it would be wrong to bring about that same outcome intentionally.
C) It is morally worse to bring something about intentionally than to merely allow it to happen.
D) Because every action has more than one effect, we must take all of the action's effects into account when evaluating the consequences of an action.

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The doctrine of double effect posits that it can be permissible to cause a harm as a side effect (but not as a direct aim) of achieving a good end, even if it would not be permissible to cause such harm intentionally as an end in itself.

Which of the Following Best Captures the Doctrine of Double