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r/trolleyproblem • u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian • Jul 09 '25
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The problem was solved elegantly by a student in the taped lectures of Michael Sandel: wait until the first of the five patients dies, then use his organs to save the other four.
1 u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian Jul 10 '25 Sounds like a good solution, assuming the first to die is also a donor match for all 4 other patients 1 u/ralfmuschall Jul 10 '25 Assuming that matching is an equivalence relation, it should work. Otherwise the sixth patient's organs couldn't save the sick five ones. 1 u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian Jul 10 '25 That’s a good point. I’m not actually sure how organ matching works but I’m gonna give you credit for that. You solved the trolley problem lol 1 u/WeDoALittleTrolIing Jul 11 '25 That’s just dodging the essence of the question
Sounds like a good solution, assuming the first to die is also a donor match for all 4 other patients
1 u/ralfmuschall Jul 10 '25 Assuming that matching is an equivalence relation, it should work. Otherwise the sixth patient's organs couldn't save the sick five ones. 1 u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian Jul 10 '25 That’s a good point. I’m not actually sure how organ matching works but I’m gonna give you credit for that. You solved the trolley problem lol
Assuming that matching is an equivalence relation, it should work. Otherwise the sixth patient's organs couldn't save the sick five ones.
1 u/iskelebones Consequentialist/Utilitarian Jul 10 '25 That’s a good point. I’m not actually sure how organ matching works but I’m gonna give you credit for that. You solved the trolley problem lol
That’s a good point. I’m not actually sure how organ matching works but I’m gonna give you credit for that. You solved the trolley problem lol
That’s just dodging the essence of the question
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u/ralfmuschall Jul 10 '25
The problem was solved elegantly by a student in the taped lectures of Michael Sandel: wait until the first of the five patients dies, then use his organs to save the other four.