| Sumario: | I argue that the contentious history of the doctrine of double effect leaves this moral principle vulnerable to becoming fully co-opted by capitalism's logic of commodification to catastrophic consequences for the planetary environment and atmosphere. Drawing on both relevant philosophical work but also contemporary news stories concerning the climate crisis and its impacts, I show how the hijack of moral principle can be weaponized to support the myths of endless resources upon which kleptocratic capitalism depends to continue its pillage of increasingly scarce resources, and that for whatever veneer of moral rectitude the principle may provide, the doctrine of double effect has been weaponized to facilitate a fundamentally barbaric and nihilistic worldview.
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