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The principle of double effect (also known as the rule of double effect, the doctrine of double effect, often abbreviated as DDE or PDE, double-effect reasoning

certain circumstances – although with the protection of fetal life, in principle, taking precedence. The law on abortion in France was liberalised in 1975

cosmology and philosophy of science, the anthropic principle, also known as the observation selection effect, is the proposition that the range of possible

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many outcomes, roughly

Rashomon and their legacies. Valerie Alia termed the same effect "The Rashomon Principle" and has used this variant extensively since the late 1970s

philosophy known as the "Double Effect Principle" about euthanasia. This form of assisted suicide states that while euthanasia has the effect of relieving suffering

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autrefois convict ('previously convicted'), with the same effect. Double jeopardy is not a principle of international law. It does not apply between different

The Matthew effect, sometimes called the Matthew principle or cumulative advantage, is the tendency of individuals to accrue social or economic success

the principle of double effect on the basis on the basis that a doctor might have no guilty intention. More recently, the double effect principle figured