PHL201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Takers, Extraordinary Measures, Blood Transfusion
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Killing and letting die: the trolley problem and euthanasia (judith jarvis thomson) 2 ways in which you can disagree with thomson: (1) agree that she is right about the outcome of the cases, but disagree with the lesson she takes out of the outcomes. Extracted wrong principle: (2) disagree with her judgements of what the outcomes would be i. e. say the surgeon should kill the 1 to save 5 instead of what she says (let 5 die, don"t kill 1) 3 cases where she thought you cannot favour more people for less people: (1) surgeon: Can"t cut up one to save five: (2) fat man + bystander. Bystander can"t push heavy man onto bridge to save 5: (3) bombing. President of ny can"t bomb worchester to save ny. In all cases, we are choosing to do sthg that either benefits a greater ratio of people or doesn"t: fixed in all cases, not really a matter of killing and letting die.
