Doctrine Double Effect (Literature & Language Essay)

Doctrine Double Effect
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a) Explain principle C, including any important concepts it appeals to.
Principle C (doctrine of double effect) highlights that it is not morally permissible to kill someone intentionally, but then it is permissible to kill as a side-effect. There are two possible outcomes one good and one bad. The principle supposes that an action that causes a bad effect can be morally acceptable as long as a proportional good effect result from the action. Evil should not be intentional and the bad outcome should not be a means to good, the action is not intrinsically bad there is focus on the good outcome. The pursuit of a good may result in an inevitable evil, but the action must be good, intention must be good, and the good must prevail.
b) Consider Fat Man and Drug. Briefly explain each case (this can be very brief, just so I know you understand the cases). For each of these two cases, explain whether principle C permits you to save the five in that case. Make sure to fully explain why you think the principle yields the judgment it does in these two cases.
In Fat Man scenario there is a trolley that can potentially kill five people. This time one is on a bridge and the brakes of the trolley have failed and the way to stop it is to throw something that obstructs it. You are standing next to a fat man and if I were to push him towards the track he would stop the trolley and die, but then save five people. T...