tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post4475293123016559446..comments2023-11-05T00:59:10.828-07:00Comments on decorabilia: would Aristotle kill one person to save 20?Jim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-91304391509277680952010-11-28T13:37:36.971-08:002010-11-28T13:37:36.971-08:00As Philippa Foot described in her landmark text Ar...As Philippa Foot described in her landmark text <i>Aristotle Got There First</i>, the great Greek philosopher once came upon the scene of a disaster in the making: <br /><br /><i>A trolley was racing down the track toward a bus filled with nineteen members of Athens' Mensa club. As it reached a junction where one throw of a switch would send it hurtling down another track, where only one person, a kindly old station agent for the railroad, would be killed, Aristotle arrived to find Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant locked in a deadly struggle. Bentham was shouting, "You have to save as many as you can!" as he grappled with the German, who grunted out a reply, "No, no! Never use anyone as a mere means to an end!"<br /><br />While both were distracted, Aristotle bravely stepped in front of the trolley, sacrificing his own life to save twenty innocents. It was the fitting conclusion to a glorious philosophical career</i>.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-52561107895129491182010-11-27T08:05:31.621-08:002010-11-27T08:05:31.621-08:00Did he?Did he?Paul Hamannhttp://illegalscreen.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com