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Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics

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Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics
January 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm (This post was last modified: January 24, 2018 at 12:42 pm by I_am_not_mafia.)
Problem with the transplant dilemma is that it is normal to go to the doctors and get healed. It is not normal to go into the doctors and have your organs harvested. Society would not function if that were so and ethics is primarily a means for us to get along with each other. It is normal to come down with ill health that can kill us. So with the transplant dilemma what is being suggested is an abnormal decision to solve 5 normal situations.

I don't know about America but in the UK at least it is not normal to find yourself tied to a railway track.
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Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 24, 2018 at 11:22 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Athene - January 24, 2018 at 11:34 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vorlon13 - January 24, 2018 at 11:35 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 24, 2018 at 11:38 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vorlon13 - January 26, 2018 at 9:46 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Longhorn - January 24, 2018 at 11:39 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 24, 2018 at 11:43 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Longhorn - January 24, 2018 at 11:47 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by paulpablo - January 24, 2018 at 11:46 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Magilla - January 26, 2018 at 10:35 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Athene - January 24, 2018 at 12:08 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Aegon - January 24, 2018 at 12:22 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by I_am_not_mafia - January 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Catholic_Lady - January 24, 2018 at 12:56 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 24, 2018 at 12:56 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Catholic_Lady - January 24, 2018 at 12:57 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by LastPoet - January 24, 2018 at 2:43 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 24, 2018 at 3:43 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 24, 2018 at 6:36 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 24, 2018 at 7:03 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Catholic_Lady - January 24, 2018 at 7:24 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 24, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Catholic_Lady - January 24, 2018 at 11:49 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Athene - January 24, 2018 at 10:34 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 24, 2018 at 6:26 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vorlon13 - January 24, 2018 at 12:57 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by brewer - January 24, 2018 at 1:20 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Rev. Rye - January 24, 2018 at 11:16 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Catholic_Lady - January 24, 2018 at 1:27 pm
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Aegon - January 24, 2018 at 1:48 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Longhorn - January 24, 2018 at 2:13 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by RoadRunner79 - January 24, 2018 at 3:03 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Athene - January 24, 2018 at 3:44 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by paulpablo - January 24, 2018 at 4:25 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 24, 2018 at 5:57 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 24, 2018 at 6:07 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 25, 2018 at 11:43 am
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Athene - January 24, 2018 at 10:45 pm
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by chimp3 - January 24, 2018 at 11:44 pm
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by DLJ - January 25, 2018 at 12:05 am
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by DLJ - January 25, 2018 at 4:10 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by shadow - January 25, 2018 at 10:10 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Angrboda - January 25, 2018 at 10:29 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by polymath257 - January 25, 2018 at 11:50 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 25, 2018 at 11:59 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by polymath257 - January 25, 2018 at 12:29 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 25, 2018 at 12:45 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by polymath257 - January 25, 2018 at 1:35 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by shadow - January 25, 2018 at 7:51 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 25, 2018 at 8:58 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by polymath257 - January 25, 2018 at 1:59 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 26, 2018 at 11:34 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 28, 2018 at 2:53 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Grandizer - January 28, 2018 at 4:14 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Whateverist - January 26, 2018 at 12:28 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - January 26, 2018 at 12:39 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Whateverist - January 26, 2018 at 1:03 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by polymath257 - January 26, 2018 at 9:59 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Whateverist - January 26, 2018 at 12:32 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 26, 2018 at 6:40 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 27, 2018 at 12:18 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 27, 2018 at 1:17 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 27, 2018 at 2:34 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 27, 2018 at 3:29 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 27, 2018 at 8:04 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Whateverist - January 28, 2018 at 3:42 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by DLJ - January 27, 2018 at 12:06 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SteveII - January 28, 2018 at 9:54 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by DLJ - January 28, 2018 at 11:32 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 28, 2018 at 8:40 am
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Amarok - January 28, 2018 at 7:43 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 30, 2018 at 5:29 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 30, 2018 at 6:00 pm
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RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 30, 2018 at 6:28 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by SaStrike - January 30, 2018 at 6:39 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by bennyboy - January 30, 2018 at 11:01 pm
RE: Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics - by Sal - January 30, 2018 at 9:20 am

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