But this is a lot like the doctor who kills a healthy person off the street to donate their organs to his patients
Sort of! But argument by analogy is just not very good when the thing itself is plenty comprehensible to all involved. It can neglect the subtleties of both the situation and our desires, and also people are bad at keeping hypotheticals and reality separate on the intuition level.
All I’m saying is that we can’t say “just look at how much money is being distributed”. Obviously the situation I suggest is very different from one in which two rich people lose half their money.
Sort of! But argument by analogy is just not very good when the thing itself is plenty comprehensible to all involved. It can neglect the subtleties of both the situation and our desires, and also people are bad at keeping hypotheticals and reality separate on the intuition level.
All I’m saying is that we can’t say “just look at how much money is being distributed”. Obviously the situation I suggest is very different from one in which two rich people lose half their money.