H. P. Grice reviews J. Bentham on the 'recte'/'oblique' distinction

direct intention: Bentham distinguished between direct intention and oblique intention. Direct intention is what is directly or strictly aimed at, including both the ends and the means to achieve the ends. These are the agent’s deliberate and voluntary choices, for which he claims direct responsibility. Oblique intention, on the other hand, is the foreseen consequences of the agent’s voluntary actions, which lie outside the range of what is strictly pursued. This distinction is closely related to the problem of double effect, which contrasts the deliberate effects produced by an action and its foreseen but undesired effects. “A consequence, when it is intentional, may either be directly so, or only obliquely. It may be said to be directly or linearly intentional, when the prospect of producing it constituted one of these links in the chain of causes by which the person was determined to do that act.” Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation