Matthew Broder--Imagine a patient checking into the hospital with a serious, but curable, illness. The vital signs have been deteriorating for awhile, but there is disagreement among the medical staff about the exact underlying cause. Loud arguments even break out about the best course of treatment, all while the patient continues to suffer.
Then, into the room walks a stranger with scarcely any medical training at all. "Let the patient die," he says. "He has no more value to anyone, and can easily be replaced. Let him die." You can imagine the reaction among experienced medical experts to this suggestion, and even common sense tells us to ignore such a radical idea.
Then, into the room walks a stranger with scarcely any medical training at all. "Let the patient die," he says. "He has no more value to anyone, and can easily be replaced. Let him die." You can imagine the reaction among experienced medical experts to this suggestion, and even common sense tells us to ignore such a radical idea.
