Ethics
General questions about morality
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Ethics is one of the central branches of philosophy, examining questions of right and wrong, and the good life.
Is the difference between making something happen and allowing it to happen morally relevant?
Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Thomas Ash
Killing someone is almost universally regarded as worse than letting them die. But is that defensible? In particular, is it defensible on the grounds that making their death happen would be worse than merely standing by and allowing it to happen?
