2021考研英語長難句復習（一三九）

　　

　　Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect,” a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects — a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen — is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect..

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　　盡管法院裁決憲法沒有賦予醫(yī)生幫助病人自殺的權利,然而法院實際上支持的是醫(yī)療界的“雙重效應”原則，這個存在了幾個世紀歷史的道德原則認為，如果某種行為具有雙重效果，希望達到的良好效果和可以預見的不良后果，如者想達到好的效果，這個行為就是允許的。