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    An agent who sincerely intends to kill an innocent person... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Agent-relative obligations require both intention and action (causation) to constitute human agency, not either alone.

    An agent who sincerely intends to kill an innocent person but is physically prevented violates the same moral norm as one who succeeds, since the will's corruption is complete at the moment of settled intention.

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    Key Terms

    Corruption of the will(as used in ethics)
    When someone's ability to choose what's right becomes damaged or compromised because they've decided to do something wrong.
    Moral norm(as used in ethics)
    A basic rule or standard about what is right and wrong that society or ethics expects people to follow.
    Settled intention(as used in ethics)
    A firm, unchanging decision to do something—you've committed to it in your mind and won't back down.
    Violates (in moral context)(as used in ethics)
    To break or go against a moral rule or standard of behavior.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor

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