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The Moral Dilemma of a Psychopath
The moral dilemma goes like this. Brilliant transplant surgeon has five patients in need of a different organ. Would the doctor be right to kill the young man to save his five patients? What about the families of these guys against one piece of bad? That's got to be a bargain, hasn't it? A psychopath with an IQ of 160 said his exact words were, I can see where the problem lies. If all you're doing is simply playing the numbers game, it's a fucking no brainer, isn't it? You kill the guy and save the other five. It's utilitarianism on crack. The trick's not to think about it too much. if I was the doctor