Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Conjoined Twins.

Here is a problem about conjoined twins, Mary and Jodie. Mary has an Immature, undeveloped basic brain. She almost entirely depends on Jodie’s body parts functionalities like the heart, lungs, and other vital parts.
On the other hand, Jodie is bright and alert, and her brain functionality is high. The likely outcome of the twins is, have them separated, and Jodie has a good chance of survival, or else you are bound to losing both of them within months.
Give chance to decide, I will definitely go for having them separated because It is my belief that saving a single person’s life is better than losing two.
Someone may reason that they are all kids and deserve a chance to live. The issue of saving one at the expense of the other seems like a painful decision to make, but look here folks, the process of saving Mary, if at all is available, may take forever, or is simply not available, given the fact that she does not have a number of organs for herself. This renders any help to save her life as an uphill task, and subjects Jodie to death as well, yet there is at least some chance for Jodie’s survival, if the two are separated.
In conclusion, i still advocate for the seperation of the twins, so as to save a life, and not to lose out on both.
I rest my case.

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  2. Good refutation! You write, "It is my belief that saving a single person’s life is better than losing two." Would this be right in all cases? Compare it to the Pizza or Train case--is it better to save a life even if it means the sacrifice of one person's life?

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  3. I think your case it well stated. Risking two lives is unreasonable when one could be saved. On a side note, medical professionals sometimes come up with a life expectancy number, and people often exceed those constraints. What if the two of them live and Jodie's quality of life is severely effected by her sibling? I think the case still warrants the conclusion drawn by Mr. Badman.

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