SOSC 2340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cabin Boy, Michael J. Sandel, Pub
4 Nov 2018
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Utilitarianism: when comparing the case of the cabin boy and the big man, there are similarities and differences. The similarities of the two cases are both will save more than one life. In the trolley example, the big man will save 5 workers and the cabin boy will save the 3 sailors. The difference between killing the cabin boy, parker to the big man pushing off the bridge is that the cabin boy is already ill. The big man is perfectly healthy and not suffering like the cabin boy, parker: if parker have given his consent to be eaten it would be less morally bad. Nuclear device set up in manhattan: objection 1: individual rights and objection 2: a common currency of value. Throwing christians o lions: in ancient rome, christians are thrown to the lions in the coliseum for amusement of the crowds. Egalitarianism duties that we may not know of.
