(August 7, 2018 at 10:45 am)robvalue Wrote: I think the questions are trying to show an inconsistency in the logic being used to make pro-life arguments. You're being asked to allow 1 human to die or 999, and you pick 999.
I don't think that it is an inconsistency in logic. And it's a slippery slope to say that not saving the majority means that they are less human, and able to be discarded at your convenience. I would think that it would be difficult to not save your own child, even if it means that more would die by doing so. Similarly you might have trouble if the choice is between watching a child die, vs a number of people that you do not (and will not) see (I think there have been studies similar to this which show that this choice is common).
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