The Case of the Speluncean ExplorersJustice when the only law is survival
From the show
Living Thought ExperimentsThis thought experiment challenges your view on the rigidity of law versus the instinct to live. Trapped in a cave and facing starvation, a group explores the ethics of a lethal lottery to determine who must die so others may eat. It examines whether civil statutes apply when humans revert to a state of nature.
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