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An uncomfortable ethics question.
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RE: An uncomfortable ethics question.
September 17, 2010 at 6:32 am
(September 17, 2010 at 5:41 am)Rayaan Wrote: It might be the case that there is something more valuable that I could offer to the world if i were to live instead of allowing the ten people to live (but most likely not, of course).
This doesn't seem like good reasoning. If you are accepting that the chances of you being more valuable that 10 random people are "most likely not", then what reason do you have for making the decision to save yourself?
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An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Shell B - September 16, 2010 at 9:03 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Watson - September 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:29 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ABierman1986 - September 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 17, 2010 at 4:08 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Rayaan - September 17, 2010 at 5:41 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 17, 2010 at 6:32 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by lrh9 - September 17, 2010 at 8:16 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Paul the Human - September 17, 2010 at 8:41 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by solja247 - September 17, 2010 at 8:57 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 18, 2010 at 6:57 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by AtheistPhil - September 17, 2010 at 9:23 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Cego_Colher - September 17, 2010 at 2:58 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by IceSage - September 18, 2010 at 7:19 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by LastPoet - September 18, 2010 at 7:45 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Skipper - September 18, 2010 at 8:11 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:05 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 20, 2010 at 12:12 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Dotard - September 20, 2010 at 10:30 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by downbeatplumb - September 20, 2010 at 1:11 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 1:12 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 20, 2010 at 2:47 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 12:30 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 21, 2010 at 6:10 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 6:31 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 21, 2010 at 8:58 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 22, 2010 at 9:03 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Nitsuj - September 21, 2010 at 9:02 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Edwardo Piet - September 22, 2010 at 5:07 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 22, 2010 at 7:28 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 23, 2010 at 9:09 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 23, 2010 at 8:56 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by The Omnissiunt One - September 25, 2010 at 6:12 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 26, 2010 at 9:07 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by R-e-n-n-a-t - October 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Violet - October 2, 2010 at 12:52 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Ashendant - October 2, 2010 at 9:24 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by madferit - October 6, 2010 at 4:51 pm

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