Actually, we would all be more safe, because we’d be in less danger from organ failure. We are each more likely to be one of the “others nearby” than the “lonely stranger”.
That would be true if they were hunting people down. As stated, people would become more resistant to going to hospitals, which would cause problems that way.
This is an exact instance of the point of the post. It is important to assume they are hunting people down, because that’s the LCPW and the fact that this trolley problem incorporates using someone who shows up at the hospital is entirely an unnecessary contingent fact.
Actually, we would all be more safe, because we’d be in less danger from organ failure. We are each more likely to be one of the “others nearby” than the “lonely stranger”.
That would be true if they were hunting people down. As stated, people would become more resistant to going to hospitals, which would cause problems that way.
This is an exact instance of the point of the post. It is important to assume they are hunting people down, because that’s the LCPW and the fact that this trolley problem incorporates using someone who shows up at the hospital is entirely an unnecessary contingent fact.