Daños intencionales versus no intencionales. La responsabilidad civil extracontractual a la luz del principio de doble efecto

Abstract

The Principle of Double effect and its elements are analyzed as a moral standard of justification. Then the principle is applied to the general structure of tort law. Then a reflection is developed about the distinction between intentional and non intentional torts and strict liability, and the special case of nuisance is considered as a token of a nuanced application of the principle of double effect. It is contended that the distinction underlying the principle of double effect are useful to both explain and justify this area of the law.