Gustaf
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« on: October 15, 2007, 04:14:28 AM » |
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« edited: October 15, 2007, 02:25:44 PM by Gustaf »
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Now, this is a joke on trolley examples that is pretty good but probably only comprehensible to someone who have read about stuff like "the Doctrine of, not just double, but TRIPLE effect". Some of the output given is such that a consequentialist probably can't make the call. For a deonthologist I think right would be more appropriate though. Killing a murderer is always better than killing someone who has no intent of murder.
EDIT: from a consequentialist perspective one may note that it is also superior to pick right because the 5 men die in both cases, the kidney patients survive in both cases, the orphans survive in both cases and the only difference is that you save the heart patients when you take right. Knowledge of kidney availability doesn't matter to a utilitarian anyway, since only the consequences matter.
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