. A variation of an original thought experiment in ethics and moral philosophy
goes thus: “A surgeon has five patients each in need of a different organ,
but unfortunately no organ is available. An unknown patient walks in for a
routine check-up. The doctor discovers that his organs are compatible with
all his five patients but carrying out the operation(s) will put the unknown
patient in mortal danger.” By which two-word name is the original problem,
first proposed by Phillipa Foot and involving a driver, famous?
goes thus: “A surgeon has five patients each in need of a different organ,
but unfortunately no organ is available. An unknown patient walks in for a
routine check-up. The doctor discovers that his organs are compatible with
all his five patients but carrying out the operation(s) will put the unknown
patient in mortal danger.” By which two-word name is the original problem,
first proposed by Phillipa Foot and involving a driver, famous?