The Survival Lottery: Kill One to Save Many?The terrifying logic of extreme utilitarianism.
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Living Thought ExperimentsExamine the chilling consequences of pure utilitarian ethics through John Harris's famous thought experiment. A society uses a lottery to harvest organs from healthy people to save multiple patients, creating a mathematical net gain in lives. You must confront the clash between logical outcomes and moral intuition to define the difference between letting nature take its course and active killing.
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