Morphine is an opiate medicine that can help with severe pain, but it can also cause respiratory depression, which can hasten death. A doctor administers morphine to his dying patient in order to alleviate his unbearable suffering. A few days later, the patient passes away. Because the patient's death is an unanticipated result of the doctor's efforts to help, it is ethical. What ethical principle is being discussed?
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Principle of Double Effect
Principle of Forfeiture
Principle of Stewardship
Principle of Totality
Principle of the Inviolability of Life