we need the full defenition they are refering to as in what stage they call an egg or embrio a child ??I listen to it on the radio they have been on about this Saudi caper
Leaving thT to one side a question that came up was
" Would you kill a child to cure cancer " ???
The following question would be "would you kill a hundred people to make the trains run on time?" "would you imprison a thousand plumbers to prevent one cowboy install" or something similar.
Thus bracketing in on the point at which you think one death balances one benefit, and how big the benefit needs to be to give a satisfactory balance. The intention is usually to show that you have no absolute moral imperative. It can be refined by graduating the genetic affinity you have with the victims.
States which like to use torture (such as the USA) like to ask "would you torture one terrorist to prevent a bomb exploding and killing hundreds" but they are never able to show an example where this has been done.
Spock 1982.Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Would you kill your child to save the other,kill half the world to save the other half,infect half the world with aids to find a cure to save the other half,,,fûk nose.I listen to it on the radio they have been on about this Saudi caper
Leaving thT to one side a question that came up was
" Would you kill a child to cure cancer " ???
........... or how you consider yourself better than others,..........