See, there's a boat full of Bodington's, and a boat full of Hobgoblin... On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A small boat contains 10 volunteers from the Peace Corp and the Red > Cross and another large boat contains1200 hardened criminals guilty of > the most heinous of crimes. Both boats are slowly sinking and you > only have one wine cork to plug the hole. > Which boat do you save Pav? > So you see it's not just about numbers! > > On Feb 7, 1:39 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > People are stuck with whatever organs they have. It would be > > ridiculous to think it acceptable to kill someone for their healthy > > organs. > > > > Surely you should send the > > tram left, killing one to save five. <<Pav > > > > Surely I would run over 5 slime bags to save the one good person on > > the left. > > > > There is more to all these little case scenarios that you present. > > > > On Feb 6, 10:25 pm, Pavan Kolachoor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is a famous philosophical question posted by > > > BBC.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7739493.stm > > > > > I never got an opportunity to discuss this with anybody, your thoughts > > > please. > > > > > *1. SHOULD WE KILL HEALTHY PEOPLE FOR THEIR ORGANS?* > > > > > Suppose Bill is a healthy man without family or loved ones. Would it be > ok > > > painlessly to kill him if his organs would save five people, one of > whom > > > needs a heart, another a kidney, and so on? If not, why not? > > > > > Consider another case: you and six others are kidnapped, and the > kidnapper > > > somehow persuades you that if you shoot dead one of the other hostages, > he > > > will set the remaining five free, whereas if you do not, he will shoot > all > > > six. (Either way, he'll release you.) > > > > > If in this case you should kill one to save five, why not in the > previous, > > > organs case? If in this case too you have qualms, consider yet another: > > > you're in the cab of a runaway tram and see five people tied to the > track > > > ahead. You have the option of sending the tram on to the track forking > off > > > to the left, on which only one person is tied. Surely you should send > the > > > tram left, killing one to save five. > > > > > But then why not kill Bill? > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > > > Pavan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
