The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing claims that
A) if one is morally permitted to allow a harm, then one is permitted to cause that harm directly.
B) if one is not morally permitted to do a harm, one is not permitted to allow that harm.
C) it is always morally worse to allow harm than to do the same harm.
D) it is always morally worse to do harm than to allow the same harm to occur.

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The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing posits that there is a moral distinction between doing harm (actively causing harm) and allowing harm (passively letting harm happen), with the former being considered morally worse than the latter.

The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing Claims That