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minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear4·3 years agomedical care during an emergency is exactly where utilitarianism thrives the most and the focus is on maximising the number of lives saved link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear4·3 years agoI would argue triage follows the moral logic of utilitarianism link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear3·edit-23 years agomaybe but that's not a base assumption of the philosophy so much as it is the person doing the value judgement. the situation is more nuanced than utilitarians being cartoon villains link
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medical care during an emergency is exactly where utilitarianism thrives the most and the focus is on maximising the number of lives saved
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I would argue triage follows the moral logic of utilitarianism
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maybe but that's not a base assumption of the philosophy so much as it is the person doing the value judgement. the situation is more nuanced than utilitarians being cartoon villains
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