PHIL 3000 Lecture 2: PRP 2
18 Oct 2018
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The answer to this question lies in the interpretation of morality and the personal beliefs of an individual. Personally, it is morally unjust to take the life of one innocent individual. That is because everyone has a right to their own life and if one has done nothing wrong it would be unfair to take his/her life regardless of how many others can be saved. Although one might argue that with such reasoning three innocent lives will be lost, with the contrary decision one innocent life will be compromised as well. Through categorical moral reasoning murdering one individual is incorrect because we, as individuals, have no right to take the life of another human being. For example, in the situation of the cabin boy, if the boy died naturally and then the crew members consumed him for food, they would not be morally responsible for his death because it was natural.
