It depends who is the Chemistry professor and who is the bum. There are no
such things as a Chemistry professor or a bum. Normally we have people who
are bums or Chemistry professors [or people who are bums as well as
Chemistry professors, or people who are neither bums nor Chemistry
professors]
and don't forget to be gentle
Avid
icq 6598359
----- Original Message -----
From: <Cntryforce@aol.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Dienstag, 17. August 1999 01:08
Subject: MD Who to save?
> While skimming through Lila the other day, a terrible scenario occurred to
> me. If a chemistry professor and a bum were both trapped in a car that was
> about to explode, and I only had time to drag one of them out, who should
I
> save? Would it be more moral of me to save the chemistry professor, since
his
> intelligence is much greater than the bum's intelligence? If I saved the
bum
> instead of the chemistry professor, wouldn't I be saving the person with
less
> Quality, therefore committing an immoral act? If I saved a dog instead of
a
> human, that would be immoral in anyone's eyes (anyone other than the dog).
If
> I saved the dog, I would be saving the lower life form. So if I saved the
> bum, since he's less intelligent than the chemistry professor, wouldn't I
be
> saving the lower life form?
>
> And then another twist occurred to me. What if this bum, who is roughly
the
> same age as the chemistry professor, is a friend of mine? What if this bum
> had somehow saved *my* life a few years ago? Wouldn't I be morally
compelled
> to save him instead of the chemistry professor, despite the fact that he
is a
> lower life form? Any comments welcome.
>
>
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