Say there was a homeless guy walking down the street. He colapses, and he is rushed to the hospital. He has no ID, no family to report him missing, nobody has any idea who he is.
It turns out he has a rare disease that can only be cured one way. By having someone continuously give him a blood transfusion for 9 strait months.
Obviously nobody should be forced to give the blood transfusion, that would be like rape. Lets say however that the hospital sweetens the deal. They set up a roulette wheel with 30 spaces. If you spin the wheel you get $50. If you land on 00 however, you get plugged into the guy.
So you figure what the hell there is only a 1 in 30 chance of hitting 00. So you spin, you lose and get plugged in. Nobody forced you to spin the wheel. It was your choice that got you where you are. can you unplug? You knew the potential consequenses of spinning the wheel, nobody can be blamed but you. Unplugging will kill this man. Should you be allowed to do it?
2006-08-08
15:41:50
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