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Dying Violinist Thought Experiment

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Dying Violinist Thought Experiment

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  1. Dying Violinist Thought Experiment You wake up in the morning and find yourself back to back in bed with a famous unconscious violinist. He has a fatal kidney problem, and the Society of Music Lovers has looked at all available medical records and found that you alone have the right blood type to helphim. They have kidnapped you in your sleep, and last night the violinist's circulatory system was plugged into yours, so that your kidneys can be used to extract poisons from his blood as well as your own. The director of the hospital tells you, ‘Look, we're sorry the Society of Music Lovers did this to you—we would never have permitted it if we had known. But still, they did it, and the violinist now is plugged into you. If you unplug him, you will kill him. But you only have to support him for nine months. By then, he will have recovered from his ailment, and can safely be unplugged from you.’

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