INVESTIGADORES
RIVERA LOPEZ Eduardo Enrique
artículos
Título:
Probabilities in Tragic Choices
Autor/es:
EDUARDO RIVERA LOPEZ
Revista:
Utilitas
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2008 vol. 20 p. 323 - 333
ISSN:
0953-8208
Resumen:
In this paper I explore a kind of tragic choice that has not received due attention, one in which you have to save only one of two persons but the probability of saving is not equal (and all other things are equal). Different proposals are assessed, taking as models proposals for a much more discussed tragic choice situation: saving different numbers of persons. I hold that cases where (only) numbers are different are structurally similar to cases where (only) probabilities are different. After a brief defense of this claim, I conclude that some version of consequentialism seems more promising at offering a plausible solution to the probability case.
