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But that's not what the code does. There's a rule that says "avoid harm", which directly contradicts (imho) euthanizing someone without a very good reason (and
by sgift 3y ago
But that's not what the code does. There's a rule that says "avoid harm", which directly contradicts (imho) euthanizing someone without a very good reason (and no, I don't agree that "public good" is one). More importantly, there exists neither a rule nor a specific definition what public good means. You've taken your personal interpretation of the words from the preamble, ran with it and from that inferred that the code is unethical.
- torstenvl 3y agoThe reason would be to avoid that person spreading the fatal disease, thereby avoiding M deaths at the cost of 1 death. Killing the patient avoids a greater harm than letting them walk out of the healthcare facility. This isn't a personal interpretation, it's raw math, and it occurs in every society where the "public good" outweighs individual rights.