naa a22 4500 510789803 CHVBK 20180411083315.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11406-013-9436-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11406-013-9436-3 Marrero Danny Department of Philosophy, University of Arkansas, Old Main 318A, 72701, Fayetteville, AR, USA aut Is the Appeal of the Doctrine of Double Effect Illusory? [Elektronische Daten] [Danny Marrero] Scanlon (2008) has argued that his theory of permissibility (STP) has more explanatory power than the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE). I believe this claim is wrong. Borrowing Michael Walzer's method of inquiry, I will evaluate the explanatory virtue of these accounts by their understanding of actual moral intuitions originated in historical cases. Practically, I will evaluate these accounts as they explain cases of hostage crises. The main question in this context is: is it permissible that nation-states act with military force in order to liberate hostages, even if those actions put the lives of the hostages at risk? The first part of this paper has an operative reconstruction of the relevant theories. In the second section, two cases of hostage crises will be considered: the Moscow theater hostage crisis of 2002, and the Jaque Operation, which occurred in Colombia in 2008. Additionally, it will be shown that DDE explains these cases better than STP. Finally, this paper offers a critical analysis of Scanlon's account of the explanatory power of both STP and DDE. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Double Effect nationallicence Permissibility nationallicence Philosophy of War nationallicence Hostage Crises nationallicence Thomas Scanlon nationallicence Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/2(2013-06-01), 349-359 0048-3893 41:2<349 2013 41 11406 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9436-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9436-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Marrero Danny Department of Philosophy, University of Arkansas, Old Main 318A, 72701, Fayetteville, AR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/2(2013-06-01), 349-359 0048-3893 41:2<349 2013 41 11406 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer