No, I might not be willing to off a thousand people to find the cure for cancer, but I sure as heck have no problem using that cure once it's around, because if someone had, say, medically experimented on me against my will, I'd feel a heck of a lot better knowing something good came from it. Since I would have no objections were I the victim - to it's use, not to actually being the victim - I would feel no dilemma using that knowledge to save people, no.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
An Ethical Survey
16/04/2010 12:48:44 AM
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Not a very tricky question, IMHO
16/04/2010 01:09:45 AM
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I'd torture more people for fun after saving the friend or family member.
16/04/2010 01:25:43 AM
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So, like... using medical research acquired by Nazi scientists during the Holocaust? *NM*
16/04/2010 04:34:32 AM
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I can't think of many ethical considerations of any sort that would trump dying family member. *NM*
16/04/2010 05:12:43 AM
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This is a total no-brainer, as per above responses. Star Trek clearly needs better moral dilemmas.
16/04/2010 09:44:43 AM
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This question kind of raised it's head in a recent Bad Science column
16/04/2010 01:25:12 PM
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I think it would be unethical to let someone else die to protect your moral values *NM*
16/04/2010 02:16:54 PM
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Possibly not, but only if it would be immoral for your victims to refuse to cure your loved one.
16/04/2010 04:33:38 PM
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