Suppose a physician gives a dying patient drugs to make him more comfortable, while knowing that these drugs will hasten his death. According to the doctrine of double effect,

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The doctrine of double effect allows actions that have both good and bad effects if the intention is to achieve the good effect, and the bad effect is only a side effect. Here, the intention is to relieve pain, satisfying the right-intention condition.

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