Posted by alexandra_k on February 28, 2005, at 18:07:36
Case Two:
You are a surgeon. A person is brought in with severe injuries. If you do not operate on him then he will die. If you do operate on him then (let us say) he will live.
You also know that there are many people on the waiting list for organ donations (heart, kidney, liver etc). Without a donar they will die and this man is a match and an organ donor. If you let the man die then you will be able to save 6 lives by harvesting his organs. Let us say that without doing this the 6 people will die because they will not get the organs they require in time.
Should you let the man die to save 6 lives, or should you save his life (thereby - in effect killing 6)?
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