Here are some conjectures:
- x As out of a proximate intention to A if and only if x succeeds at trying to A.
- x proximately intends to A if and only if x tries to A.
- x proximately intends that s if and only if x proximately intends to bring it about that s.
- x distantly intends to A if and only if x tries to bring it about that she* [quasi-indicator] As
- x distantly intends that s if and only if x distantly intends to bring it about that s.
If (2) is right, then the intention condition in the Principle of Double Effect can be reformulated as saying that the agent isn't trying to bring about an evil. And indeed the following sounds exactly right to me:
- You are never permitted to try to bring about an evil.
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