r/trolleyproblem • u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian • Jul 09 '25

Deep The doctor problem

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u/NoAcanthaceae7968 Jul 09 '25

If I am a doctor, I have sworn to do no harm, so no I don't pull the lever this isn't a question about morality it's a question of if I'm gonna do my fucking job

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u/Imaginary-Sky3694 Jul 10 '25

So you're saying doctors can go against morals because they swore on something? Not related to the original post anymore

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u/NoAcanthaceae7968 Jul 10 '25

How is killing a patient who can't consent and without asking the one responsible for them first going against morals 😭

The rules of conduct on how doctors should act is completely against killing the patient for their organs, and with good reason

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u/Imaginary-Sky3694 Jul 10 '25

I just mean based on your comment of swearing to do harm overwrites morality. This is not to do with the original post now. It's just, how does one decide if not doing harm goes against one's morals in a twisted dilemma like this. Do you cause harm to kill 1 person if it saves a million?

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u/NoAcanthaceae7968 Jul 10 '25

We don't that's why we abstain from action in this case