According to Beauchamp and Childress, nothing about either killing or allowing to die necessarily entails judgments about an act's actual wrongness or rightness.

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Beauchamp and Childress argue that the moral distinction between killing and letting die does not, in itself, determine the moral rightness or wrongness of an act. The context, intentions, and consequences surrounding the act are crucial for such determinations.

According to Beauchamp and Childress, Nothing About Either Killing or Allowing