On 23/07/2006, at 12:07 AM, jdiebremse wrote:
This is, of course, an absurd hypothetical, sort of like the questions we used to ask as a kid - would you rather slide down a set of razors into a pool of rubbing alcohol or be burned alive?
Maybe so.
Anyhow, if one changes the example such that on the second floor are 150 Senior Citizens, I suspect that most people save the infants first. Of course, I doubt that you would then be reaching the conclusions that Senior Citizens don't have the "right to live" or that Senior Citizens aren't equal, and that killing a citizen isn't murder.
Nice sidestep, and nice way to avoid the answer. And this: http://www.advancedfertility.com/pics/8cellicsi.jpg is not a citizen. Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
