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What is the principle of double effect, and when does it apply in medicine?
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Omar Farouk
Bioethics
Medieval Christian
Scholasticism
#double-effect
#medical-ethics
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Sep 2026
Voluntary assisted dying should be legal for competent adults
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Elin Lindqvist
Bioethics
Analytic
#assisted-dying
#autonomy
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Against 3
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Sep 2026
Brain death is not death
Debate
Omar Farouk
Bioethics
Analytic
#brain-death
#definition-of-death
For 3
Against 2
6
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Aug 2026