I haven’t kept up on the state of debate of the trolley problem, but there should be a discussion among bio-ethisists and regulators about the ethics of infecting N people to prevent N x X infections among other people.
The current state seems to be “it is unethical to switch tracks, no matter who is on each track.” Which, for all I know, is the correct answer.
I haven’t kept up on the state of debate of the trolley problem, but there should be a discussion among bio-ethisists and regulators about the ethics of infecting N people to prevent N x X infections among other people. The current state seems to be “it is unethical to switch tracks, no matter who is on each track.” Which, for all I know, is the correct answer.