Consider the lifeboat example given in section 8-2, "The Limitations of Utilitarianism." Assuming you were the first mate and you had decided five people out of twenty had to be thrown overboard to ensure the survival of the remaining fifteen, how would you choose whom to sacrifice? What factors would you take into account and why? Would age, sex, intelligence, education, health, wealth, and so on play a part in deciding who is to live and who is to die?

What will be an ideal response?


Yes.

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