Med forum - The Debate about Cloning - Part II

the continued existence of an innocent person (IP) threatens to take the life of a victim (V). By "innocent" we mean "not guilty" - not responsible for killing V not intending to kill V and not knowing that V will be killed due to IP's actions or continued existence.

It is simple to decide to kill IP to save V if IP is going to die anyway shortly and the remaining life of V if saved will be much longer than the remaining life of IP if not killed. All other variants require a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See "Abortion and ...
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