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Old 03-24-2020, 07:28 AM   #2603
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Originally Posted by UnknownJinX View Post
Unfortunately, you can't apply Kantian ethics with limited resources. Not that any politicians actually think like that.
Agreed, even in healthcare system alone, there are only so many test kits, only so many ventilators, only so many beds in a hospital. Who do you save? The ones with highest probability of survival? Then you have to think of patients outside of Covid19 pandemic, patients with existing conditions waiting for procedures. You have to make choices. It's Jonathan Mills consequentialism ethics time.
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