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Bioethics

Harris's thought experiment of choosing one person at random to be killed so their organs can save several others, used to probe the line between killing and letting die.

In bioethics, survival lottery refers to harris's thought experiment of choosing one person at random to be killed so their organs can save several others, used to probe the line between killing and letting die. This meaning comes from Harris (1975) in Philosophy.[1]

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Harris, J. (1975). The Survival Lottery. Philosophy, 50(191), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819100059118

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