Consider this scenario: A pregnant woman has cancer and will die unless she receives chemotherapy to destroy the tumors.If she takes the chemotherapy to destroy the tumors,the fetus will die.According to the doctrine of double effect,is it morally permissible for her to do so?

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According to the doctrine of double effect, it is morally permissible to take an action that has both a good and a bad effect, as long as the action is intended to bring about the good effect and not the bad effect, and the bad effect is not the means to the good effect. In this scenario, the intended action is to destroy the tumors and save the life of the pregnant woman, while the unintended but foreseen effect is the death of the fetus. Therefore, it is morally permissible for the woman to receive chemotherapy to destroy the tumors, even though it will result in the death of the fetus.

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