So a while back I was in a stickam room having a conversation with dasamericanatheist about socialism and after putting forward my idea of why I think socialism is immoral, because it argues that the individual should be a slave to the collective, he responded with a moral lifeboat scenario as an argument for socialized healthcare.
Let’s say that someone begins choking and you are the only person there who has any chance of administering the heimlich maneuver and saving their life. Without you, that person will die. Should you be allowed refuse to help them if they do not pay you?
First, I think the question is too vague. Let’s first ask, would this be murder if you refused? I would argue no. Killing is something that is very different from letting someone die. When you kill someone, you are initiating a set of actions that lead to someone’s… Read More
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