Describe the expanded "ought" implies "can" principle as it applies to the text's example of the surgeon harvesting a healthy person's organs to save five other people.
A. Imposing irreparable harm on innocent people is limited because moralitydoes not require a person to give away his organs and sacrifice his life whenthat is not in that person's self-interests
B. Imposing irreparable harm on innocent people is limited because moralitydoes require a person to do whatever (s)he can to save others if it is the rightthing to do.
C. Imposing irreparable harm on innocent people is limited because moralitydoesn't require one to do what one cannot or make an unreasonable sacrifice,i.e., a healthy person giving his life, to maximize the good overall even by
saving several others who need the organs.
D. Imposing irreparable harm on innocent people is still a factor because one
ought to do what one can do even if the person must make an unreasonable
sacrifice, i.e., giving his life, to maximize the good overall by saving several
others who need the organs.
C
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